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THE 

NONPAREIL SPELLER 


BOSTON 


PART I 
GRADES 2-4 

BY 

ROBERT H. WHITE 

it 

FORMERLY HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH 
MIDDLE TENNESSEE TEACHERS COLLEGE 




D. C. HEATH & COMPANY 

NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO 

DALLAS ATLANTA LONDON 




TEL U 4*6 


Copyright, 1929 
By D. C. Heath and Company 
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m 14 1529 

Printed in U. S. A. 


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PREFACE 


Source and Selection of Words. —Use has been made of 
scientific investigations to ascertain what words the child 
will need to write as a child and what words he will most 
probably need to write as an adult engaged in carrying on 
the everyday affairs of life. Prominent among these investi¬ 
gations are: The Ayres List; the Jones List; the Cook and 
O’Shea List; and the Tidyman List. In addition, the author 
made a tabulation of all the words used in seven modern 
textbooks and determined just which texts included each 
particular word. After these data were carefully checked, 
there were selected 3,400 different words which constitute the 
basal word list of “The Nonpareil Speller.” It is believed 
that this basal word list contains practically all the common 
words that usually appear in our written vocabulary; words 
of uncommon occurrence are omitted. It should also be 
stated that every word appearing in the Ayres List and in the 
Tidyman List, as well as the so-called one hundred spelling 
“demons” by Jones, is included in the basal list of words to 
be studied by the pupil. There is a supplementary list, by 
grades, of 457 words for the enrichment of the vocabulary. 

Simplicity in Organization. —In each grade throughout the 
textbook, each day’s work is grouped under the Arabic 
numerals. In each word group, the new words appear in 
heavy-face type and with a slight spacing to indicate syllab¬ 
ication; the other words in the group are review words. In 
Grades Two and Three, two new words are presented in each 
lesson; in Grades Four to Six, three new words; and in Grades 
Seven to Nine, four new words. 

If it become evident to the teacher that the class is pre¬ 
pared to advance more rapidly than the regular outline of 
lessons as indicated, lesson assignments can be enlarged. 
Furthermore, the arrangement of the textbook lends itself 
readily to a preliminary testing of all new words appearing in 
any given week, or in a longer period if desirable. Such a 
procedure will reveal to the class and to the individual 
pupil those words that need intensive study. Simplicity and 
flexibility in the organization of the spelling material have 
been kept constantly in view, and it is believed that teachers 

iii 


PREFACE 


will experience no difficulty in using the textbook to meet 
varying classroom demands. 

Reviews .—One of the outstanding features of “The Non¬ 
pareil Speller” is the systematic, continuous, and unusually 
large amount of drill work provided. In the lower grades, 
every word appears at least five times; in the advanced grades 
each word is presented not fewer than three times. In all the 
grades, those words that have been found by scientific tests 
to be the most troublesome are reviewed more often than the 
words of average difficulty. 

In Grades Two to Six, the word is reviewed two days after 
its initial appearance, one week after its second appearance, 
and usually about two weeks after its first presentation. 
And lastly, all new words are given a “General Review” 
at intervals of four to six weeks. In order that the weekly 
review lessons in the lower grades may not be too difficult 
for the child to master, there are included two or three review 
words presented in the preceding lesson. There is no loss 
in economy of time on account of the ample drill work as 
provided, inasmuch as all of the prescribed work in each grade 
can be covered systematically in the usual school term of 
eight or nine months. Sufficient drill work to enable the 
child to spell automatically has been one of the chief aims of 
the author in preparing and presenting this textbook. 

Additional Aids .—The following special devices are given 
to aid the pupil in his effort to learn to spell correctly: 

I. Suggestions as to how and when to use the dictionary. 

II. A few fundamental Spelling Rules and their development. 

III. Discussion, definitions, and “pairings” of the more common 
homonyms found in the basal word list. 

IV. The insertion of the Ayres Measuring Scale for Ability in Spelling 
with adequate instructions for its proper and effective use by 
the teacher. 

V. Insertion by grades of the basal words in alphabetical arrange¬ 
ment. From Grades Four to Nine, all words have the indicated 
pronunciation and the dictionary markings to aid the pupil in 
ascertaining the correct pronunciation of a word. This feature 
is of special value to those students who do not have dictionaries. 


IV 


SOME FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES 
GOVERNING THE PROPER 
TEACHING OF SPELLING 


Solomon’s saying, “Of making many books there is no end,” 
applies with peculiar force to the voluminous writings now 
extant with reference to methods of teaching spelling. Only 
the specialist can be remotely familiar with all the books, 
pamphlets, monographs, and other publications dealing with 
all the phases of psychological principles involved in the 
teaching of spelling. What is here proposed is to set in simple 
and usable form only a few of the many important factors 
that should guide the rank and file of the teachers in the 
teaching of this particular subject. While the generally ac¬ 
cepted principles set forth below are necessarily somewhat 
general, yet they should serve as guide-posts by which the 
teacher may judge as to the correctness and effectiveness of 
the methods employed. 

It has been clearly and convincingly demonstrated by 
actual tests that intensive, motivated class drill under the 
teacher’s direction is productive of better results than indi¬ 
vidual study by the immature and unsupervised student. 
Hence, the spelling period should largely be a teaching period. 

It is neither intended nor expected that any teacher shall 
endeavor to carry into execution all of the suggested plan 
herein presented. It is recognized that it would be unwise 
to do so. 

What each teacher should do is to study carefully the 
specific needs of the class, analyze the suggestions incorporated 
herein, and then select and use such of these suggestions as 
will strengthen her work with the class and promote the best 
interests of the individual pupils. It is both a duty and a 
pleasure for the author to state that he is indebted to many 
investigators and eminent teachers for helpful information. 
The brief outline below is drawn largely from that excellent 
work, “The Teaching of Spelling,” by Tidyman. 

Among the more important factors in teaching spelling, as 
approved by leading specialists and authors, the following 
steps are indicated: 


TEACHING OF SPELLING 


1. Accurate pronunciation is very important in learning to spell a 
word. 

2. Stress on the syllabication of a word is an important element 
in learning. 

3. The teacher should develop the meaning of words before testing 
or teaching. 

4. Use of words in sentences will emphasize to the pupils the prac¬ 
tical utility of spelling and afford opportunity for practice. 

5. In general, visual presentation is superior to mere auditory pre¬ 
sentation. 

6. Important exercises in visual presentation are: writing the words 
singly or in logical groups on the board before the children; pick¬ 
ing out the familiar, unfamiliar, and difficult parts of the words; 
emphasizing the unfamiliar and difficult parts, and associating 
these parts with similar parts of other words. 

7. Some form of visual presentation, oral spelling, and writing 
are found in practically every “best” method. 

8. The recitation should be a learning period. 

9. Writing a word is an aid in learning to spell it. 

10. Attentive repetition is highly important, but the amount of repe¬ 
tition necessary to fix the word varies greatly among different 
individuals. 

11. Each pupil should give special attention to those words repeatedly 
missed by him. 

12. Insist on careful spelling in all written work, and correct errors 
without fail. 

13. In written work, cross out the misspelled word, writing the cor¬ 
rect form above, and then have the pupil copy for correction. 

14. Only a very few Spelling Rules should be used, and these should 
be developed. 

15. Urge pupils in the Fourth Grade and all subsequent grades to 
consult the dictionary when in doubt as to the spelling, pronun¬ 
ciation, or meaning of a word. 

16. Any general method of presentation must be adapted to meet 
the differences in words and in pupils. 

When the theory as above outlined is actually reduced to 
practice, the procedure resolves itself frequently into this plan: 
(a) as the teacher writes the word on the board, she pronounces 
it slowly and distinctly; ( b ) the meaning of the word is given 
by the teacher, by one or more pupils, by using the word in a 
sentence; (c) attention is called to the division of the word 
into syllables, and each syllable is spelled orally by the pupils; 
(d) the word is next viewed as a whole, pronounced aloud, 
then written on a loose sheet of paper; ( e) children close their 
eyes and try to see the word, spelling the word softly to them¬ 
selves; (/) children study all the words intently for just a few 


VI 


TEACHING OF SPELLING 


minutes, and then the teacher dictates the words to the pupils, 
who write all the words in the regular spelling note book. 

The dull reign of monotony that pervades and deadens alto¬ 
gether too many “spelling classes” can be eliminated by vary¬ 
ing the method of teaching the class through the use of con¬ 
tests and games, such as Syllable game, Jumble Letter game, 
Rhyming game, Derivative game, etc. These and other 
games, when properly conducted, make increasing demands 
upon the ingenuity and resourcefulness of the child and 
stimulate a real and abiding interest in the spelling exercise. 
Occasionally, the review lesson may be oral and resolved into 
a spelling match, though in general such lesson should be written 
and the words used in sentences . 

By all means, students should be urged to keep a permanent 
note book in which all misspelled words are recorded in alpha¬ 
betical order. These words should be studied intensively by 
the pupil, and then be given in incidental tests until it is 
shown that all such words have been thoroughly mastered. 
Too often, the close of the recitation period marks the end of 
study and of follow-up of that particular word list regardless 
of whether the “casualty list” be large or small. 

Finally, every child like every community has its own en¬ 
vironment. The vocabulary of any textbook needs to be 
supplemented with the words and expressions prevailing in 
the neighborhood. The teacher must see to it that such words 
are studied and thoroughly mastered by the pupil if a high 
standard of spelling efficiency is to be attained. 


TO THE GIRLS AND BOYS 
WHO USE THIS BOOK 

If your teacher were to tell each of you to make ten thousand 
steps, you would likely say, “I can't; that's too many.” 
But when you were told that you would not have to make all 
of the steps in one day or in one week, then the task would 
appear much easier. And you also know that you make only 
one step at a time. Is that hard to do? 

There are in this book about three thousand words that 
you need to learn how to spell. Oh, no, no! you do not have 
to learn how to spell all of them in one day, in one month, or 
even in one year. All you need to do is to learn how to spell 
just one word at a time. Does that seem too hard to do? 

Now, here is what you are expected to do each day. While 
you are in the Second and the Third Grades, you have a whole 
day in which to learn the two new words in each lesson. As 
you grow older and bigger, you will be able to learn to spell 
the three new words in each day’s lesson; and finally you will 
be given four new words in each day’s lesson. 

Learn how to spell every word by following this plan: 

1. Use your ears: Listen carefully as your teacher pro¬ 

nounces the word. 

2. Use your voice: Pronounce the word aloud slowly and 

very clearly. 

3. Use your eyes: Look closely at the word, at each syl¬ 

lable, at each letter, to see if the word is 

spelled just as it sounds. Watch for 

silent letters , as they are u trouble spots.” 

Spell the word over and over. 

4. Use your mind's Close your eyes and try hard to see the 

eye: word in your book, syllable by syllable, 

as you pronounce the word in a whisper. 

Do you see the word clearly? 

5. Use your hand: Write the word plainly on paper or on 

the board. 

Now, look at the word in the book to see if you have made 
any mistake in writing the word. If you have made even one 
tiny mistake, begin with the first step and go through every 
step again. Do this until you can write the word correctly. 


Vlll 


SECOND GRADE 


To the Teacher: Read carefully all the introductory mat¬ 
ter, the notes on pages 44 and 53, and the material in ap¬ 
pendices A, B, C, D, and E. 

Before taking up the work of the Second Grade, review the 
class on the following list of words to insure complete mastery 
of them: 


Review of First-Grade Words 


a 

we 

man 

pin 

as 

the 

she 

may 

men 

sad 

in 

cat 

see 

say 

at 

but 

her 

bell 


mill 

by 

of 

on 

is 

big 

dog 

and 

no 

I 

boy 

am 

it 

can 

me 

hay 

be 

an 


1 


2 

1 

give 

book 

man 

say 

but 

and 

but 

hay 


large 

fish 

night 

last 

man 

bell 

play 

game 


THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


2 

3 

4 

saw 

last 

play 

game 

night 

ball 

no 

book 

game 

see 

give 

saw 

it 

of 

we 

bell 

cup 

hay 

5. 

Review 


say 

boy 

by 

of 

sad 

big 

7 

8 

9 

new 

our 

snow 

dress 

bed 

gone 

ball 

fish 

dress 

play 

large 

new 

sad 

book 

game 

may 

give 

saw 

10. 

Review 


night 

ball 

last 

give 

book 

saw 


SECOND GRADE 


12 

13 

bring 

poor 

apple 

bird 

gone 

king 

snow 

good 

play 

large 

ball 

fish 

15. 

Review 

dress 

new 

gone 

fish 


from red 

broth er house 

nut box 

has blue 

king apple 

good bring 


11 

good 

king 

bed 

our 

night 

last 

bed 

large 

16 

has 

nut 

bird 

poor 

bed 

our 

good 

bring 


17 

blue 

box 

water 

all 

gone 

snow 

water 

bird 


Review 

all 

poor 


14 

all 

wa ter 

bring 

apple 

dress 

new 

our 

snow 

19 


king 

apple 


4 


THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


21 

22 

23 

24 

one 

his 

this 

look 

mouth 

arm 

girl 

way 

brother house 

mouth 

arm 

from 

red 

one 

his 

poor 

all 

has 

blue 

bird 

water 

nut 

box 


25. 

Review 


has 

house 

red 

nut 

blue 

brother 

box 

from 

26 

27 

28 

29 

your 

some 

cup 

ask 

feet 

gold 

milk 

fa ther 

girl 

way 

feet 

arm 

this 

look 

your 

gold 

from 

house 

one 

his 

brother red 

mouth 

some 


SECOND GRADE 


5 


30. General Review 


one 

bird 

your 

brother 

his 

water 

some 

house 

this 

good 

cup 

has 

look 

bring 

ask 

blue 

king 

poor 

nut 

from 

apple 

all 

box 

red 

31 

32 

must 

hold 

ring 

hand 

this 

ask 

milk 

mouth 

some 

house 

blue 

father 


gone 

mouth 

snow 

arm 

ball 

feet 

play 

gold 

night 

girl 

last 

father 

bed 

way 

our 

milk 

fish 

new 

book 

dress 

give 

game 

large 

. saw 

33 

34 

like 

same 

road 

face 

must 

hand 

ring 

gold 

our 

hold 

blue 

your 


35. Dictation Exercise 

1. The boy must ring the bell. 2. Will you hold my hand 
as we walk home? 3. I like this road. 4. We saw that man 
look at the dress. 5. You must bring your book. 


6 


THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


36 

37 

38 

39 

call 

went 

about 

try 

moth er back 

three 

sing 

road 

face 

mother 

back 

like 

same 

call 

went 

some 

our 

must 

hand 

new 

father 

ring 

hold 


40. 

Review 


face 

like 

hold 

same 

must 

hand 

road 

ring 

41 

42 

43 

44 

lit tie 

eat 

made 

right 

room 

more 

two 

away 

three 

face 

room 

back 

about 

sing 

mother 

went 

road 

same 

little 

more 

like 

try 

call 

eat 


45. 

Review 


call 

went 

about 

try 

sing 

three 

back 

mother 


SECOND GRADE 


46 

47 

best 

came 

bread 

home 

two 

away 

three 

try 

about 

right 

made 

sing 


50 

two 

away 

more 

little 


51 

52 

shut 

were 

eye 

glad 

wind 

with 

cold 

come 

two 

away 

made 

right 


55 

best 

come 

with 

wind 


48 

49 

cold 

come 

wind 

with 

bread 

home 

best 

came 

room 

more 

little 

eat 

Review 

right 

made 

eat 

room 


53 

54 

had 

let 

paper 

go 

shut 

glad 

eye 

home 

bread 

were 

best 

came 

Review 

cold 

came 

bread 

home 


THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


56 

57 

58 

59 

buy 

moon 

put 

goes 

duck 

sky 

cake 

school 

paper 

go 

duck 

glad 

had 

let 

buy 

sky 

wind 

with 

eye 

were 

cold 

come 

shut 

moon 


60 . General Review 


away 

hand 

bread 

best 

two 

face 

home 

come 

more 

road 

wind 

came 

room 

ring 

with 

cold 

mother 

call 

shut 

duck 

back 

try 

were 

sky 

three 

about 

let 

cake 

sing 

went 

had 

school 

same 

little 

goes 

paper 

like 

right 

put 

go 

hold 

made 

moon 

glad 

must 

eat 

buy 

eye 


SECOND GRADE 


9 


61 

62 

63 

64 

are 

black 

lay 

bad 

you 

coat 

bug 

day 

cake 

school 

you 

coat 

put 

goes 

are 

black 

about 

road 

hold 

three 

two 

buy 

came 

were 


65. Dictation Exercise 

1. Do you sing at your school? 2. We were glad to see the 

moon in the sky. 3. My mother made 

the cake. 4. The 

man will hold the paper in 

his hand. 5. 

As we went home, 

we had to face a cold wind. 



66 

67 

68 

69 

dear 

drop 

boy 

white 

baby 

pen 

ride 

flow er 

bug 

day 

baby 

pen 

lay 

bad 

dear 

drop 

cake 

school 

you 

coat 

put 

goes 

are 

black 


70. 

Review 


are 

lay 

bad 

black 

coat 

bug 

day 

you 


10 


THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


71 

72 

73 

74 

cook 

pick 

fire 

sum mer 

corn 

stick 

hot 

here 

ride 

flower 

corn 

stick 

boy 

day 

baby 

pen 

bug 

white 

cook 

pick 

lay 

bad 

dear 

drop 


75. 

Review 


ride 

drop 

pen 

boy 

dear 

flower 

white 

baby 

76 

77 

78 

79 

grass 

find 

tell 

they 

ground table 

ten 

found 

hot 

here 

ground 

table 

fire 

summer grass 

stick 

ride 

flower 

corn 

find 

boy 

white 

cook 

pick 


80 . 

Review 


stick 

pick 

here 

summer 

fire 

hot 

cook 

corn 


SECOND GRADE 


11 


81 

82 

83 

84 

run 

ear 

said 

tree 

fast 

hear 

sick 

stood 

ten 

found 

fast 

hear 

tell 

they 

run 

ear 

fire 

here 

ground 

table 

hot 

summer 

grass 

find 


85 . 

Review 


table 

found 

find 

they 

ten 

ground 

tell 

grass 


86 

87 

88 

89 

sun 

rest 

rain 

cry 

set 

to-day 

hard 

much 

sick 

stood 

set 

to-day 

tell 

they 

fast 

ear 

said 

tree 

sun 

rest 

ten 

found 

run 

hear 


12 

THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


90. General Review 


baby 

cook 

run 

fast 

pen 

grass 

sun 

set 

ride 

pick 

ear 

hear 

flower 

find 

rest 

to-day 

day 

fire 

said 

sick 

bug 

tell 

rain 

hard 

coat 

they 

tree 

much 

you 

summer cry 

stood 

hot 

ground boy 

black 

stick 

found 

white 

bad 

here 

ten 

drop 

lay 

corn 

table 

dear 

are 

91 

92 

93 

94 

deep 

cent 

sleep 

that 

river 

have 

now 

dish 

hard 

much 

river 

have 

rain 

cry 

deep 

cent 

flower 

summer 

they 

stood 

to-day 

fire 

said 

hear 


95. Dictation Exercise 


1. Here is a white flower on the ground. 2. In summer, 
the sun is hot. 3. We will rest to-day on the grass. 4. The 
girl stood by the tree. 5. Lay the pen on the table. 


SECOND GRADE 


13 


96 

97 

98 

99 

ran 

sit 

will 

sis ter 

far 

down 

hill 

song 

rain 

dish 

far 

down 

hard 

that 

ran 

sit 

sleep 

summer flower 

much 

now 

fire 

to-day 

cry 


100. 

Review 


deep 

that 

have 

cent 

dish 

river 

now 

sleep 

ioi 

102 

103 

104 

make 

mud 

hope 

store 

take 

rock 

for 

there 

hill 

song 

take 

rock 

will 

sister 

make 

mud 

river 

that 

ran 

down 

deep 

dish 

far 

sit 


105. 

Review 


song 

sit 

down 

far 

ran 

hill 

will 

sister 


14 


THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


106 

107 

108 

109 

any 

ago 

was 

what 

many 

keep 

hurt 

time 

for 

store 

many 

keep 

hope 

sister 

make 

mud 

hill 

there 

any 

ago 

will 

song 

take 

rock 


no. 

Review 


rock 

mud 

hope 

make 

store 

there 

take 

for 

in 

112 

113 

114 

fell 

bill 

do 

com ing 

a sleep 

did 

catch 

over 

hurt 

time 

asleep 

did 

was 

what 

fell 

ago 

for 

store 

any 

bill 

hope 

there 

many 

keep 


115. 

Review 


many 

what 

any 

time 

was 

keep 

hurt 

ago 


SECOND GRADE 


15 


116 

117 

118 

119 

cut 

hide 

does 

first 

six 

dark 

most 

door 

catch 

over 

six 

bill 

hurt 

time 

fell 

dark 

do 

what 

asleep 

did 

was 

coming 

cut 

hide 


120 , General Review 


dish 

fell 

hide 

sit 

deep 

over 

most 

hill 

that 

asleep 

does 

down 

river 

coming 

dark 

will 

ran 

cut 

bill 

mud 

song 

door 

catch 

for 

far 

first 

do 

rock 

sister 

six 

did 

hope 

make 

any 

hurt 

have 

store 

time 

ago 

now 

there 

many 

was 

sleep 

take 

what 

keep 

cent 


16 


THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


121 

122 

drink 

ev ery 

not 

egg 

most 

door 

does 

first 

do 

coming 

catch 

over 


125. 

coming 

over 

catch 

do 


126 

127 

how 

nev er 

feel 

felt 

ice 

five 

fall 

first 

most 

feed 

does 

door 


130 . 

drink 

five 

every 

ice 


123 

124 

fall 

feed 

ice 

five 

drink 

egg 

cut 

hide 

not 

every 

six 

dark 

Review 

does 

asleep 

first 

dark 


128 

129 

stand 

four 

foot 

if 

feel 

felt 

how 

every 

not 

egg 

drink 

never 

Review 

not 

feel 

fall 

egg 


SECOND GRADE 


17 


131 

132 

133 

134 

gave 

get 

got 

grow 

him 

them 

up 

these 

foot 

four 

him 

them 

stand 

feed 

how 

never 

ice 

if 

gave 

felt 

fall 

five 

feel 

get 


135. 

Review 


how 

if 

felt 

four 

feel 

never 

foot 

stand 

136 

137 

138 

139 

hat 

want 

why 

late 

head 

help 

kill 

win ter 

up 

if 

head 

them 

got 

grow 

gave 

want 

stand 

four 

hat 

get 

foot 

these 

him 

help 


140. 

Review 


gave 

up 

got 

him 

get 

these 

grow 

them 


18 


THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


141 

142 

143 

144 

seen 

walk 

live* 

wish 

kit ten 

leg 

long 

lot 

kill 

winter 

kitten 

want 

why 

grow 

head 

walk 

up 

late 

hat 

help 

got 

these 

seen 

leg 


145 . 

Review 


want 

help 

why 

hat 

winter 

late 

head 

kill 


146 

147 

148 

149 

love 

low 

mine 

mouse 

us 

wet 

next 

out 

live 

wish 

us 

wet 

long 

late 

love 

walk 

kill 

lot 

seen 

leg 

why 

winter 

kitten 

low 


*As in ‘‘We do not live in that house.” 



SECOND GRADE 


19 


150. General Review 


five 

winter 

mouse 

get 

ice 

kill 

low 

want 

egg 

help 

mine 

gave 

not 

head 

love 

hat 

if 

lot 

wish 

feed 

foot 

leg 

walk 

every 

felt 

long 

live 

fall 

feel 

kitten 

seen 

drink 

these 

out 

grow 

four 

up 

wet 

late 

never 

them 

us 

got 

how 

him 

next 

why 

stand 

151 

152 

153 

154 

nice 

nine 

stop 

show 

name 

other 

noon 

nose 

mine 

out 

love 

low 

next 

mouse 

name 

other 

live 

lot 

nice 

wet 

long 

wish 

us 

nine 


155. Dictation Exercise 


1. We drink water every day. 2. We saw the kitten catch 
a mouse. 3. Did you eat an egg to-day? 4. I fell on the ice. 
5. I gave the hat to him. 


20 


THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


156 

157 

read* 

old 

once 

year 

stop 

nose 

noon 

show 

mine 

out 

next 

mouse 


160 

nice 

name 

nose 

show 

161 

162 

sent 

sev en 

to 

so 

or 

show 

when 

string 

noon 

nose 

stop 

round 


165. 

read 

string 

old 

or 


158 

159 

when 

round 

or 

string 

once 

year 

read 

old 

nice 

other 

name 

nine 

Review 


nine 

stop 

noon 

other 

163 

164 

sweet 

then 

thing 

who 

to 

seven 

sent 

so 

read 

old 

once 

year 

Review 


once 

round 

when 

year 


♦As in “I have read that book.” 



SECOND GRADE 


21 


166 

167 

168 

169 

took 

told 

top 

yes 

flag 

well 

window jump 

thing 

then 

flag 

told 

sweet 

who 

took 

window 

when 

round 

sent 

top 

or 

string 

to 

well 


170. General Review 


read 

when 

seven 

name 

string 

year 

thing 

other 

once 

sent 

so 

top 

round 

who 

sweet 

window 

old 

to 

nice 

noon 

or 

then 

nine 

nose 

stop 

took 

told 

jump 

show 

well 

flag 

yes 


22 THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 

1 

Supplementary Words for Second Grade 


fox 

hit 

spin 

pet 

Pig 

flat 

going 

cage 

dig 

pony 

mama 

rub 

dry 

hen 

hid 

bark 

cap 

tent 

sand 

spill 


lion 

gate 

kite 

slow 

ate 

gum 

nest 

fall ing 

fly 

goat 

gun 

bat 

cow 

sat 

till 

pa pa 

fat 

playing 

fun 

call ing 


THIRD GRADE 


1 

2 

3 

4 

kind 

small 

start 

full 

lady 

child 

car 

bas ket 

came 

blue 

lady 

four 

good 

come 

kind 

child 

three 

does 

said 

small 

want 

two 

house 

window 


5. 

Review 


jump 

flag 

top 

yes 

seven 

other 

nice 

once 


6 

7 

8 

9 

high 

fine 

pass 

brick 

grade 

horse 

card 

wall 

car 

basket 

grade 

child 

start 

full 

high 

horse 

coming 

eye 

kind 

small 

every 

flower 

lady 

fine 


10. 

Review 


kind 

basket 

full 

lady 

small 

car 

child 

start 


23 


24 THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


11 

12 

13 

14 

bunch 

another 

act 

burn 

grapes 

week 

soon 

coal 

card 

full 

grapes 

another 

car 

wall 

high 

horse 

pass 

brick 

bunch 

fine 

start 

basket 

grade 

week 


15. 

Review 


high 

wall 

fine 

card 

grade 

horse 

pass 

brick 


16 

17 

18 

19 

dance 

clear 

east 

clean 

again 

sound 

west 

desk 

soon 

coal 

again 

sound 

act 

burn 

dance 

clear 

pass 

brick 

bunch 

another 

card 

wall 

grapes 

week 


20. 

Review 


bunch 

another 

act 

burn 

coal 

grapes 

soon 

week 


THIRD GRADE 


25 


21 

22 

soft 

fair 

soap 

part 

west 

desk 

east 

coal 

soon 

clean 

act 

burn 


23 

24 

sheep 

God 

cat tie 

church 

dance 

clear 

soap 

part 

again 

fair 

soft 

sound 


25. Review 

dance desk clean again 

clear west sound east 


26 

27 

both 

green 

beg 

gar den 

cattle 

church 

sheep 

God 

east 

desk 

west 

clean 


28 

29 

end 

mak ing 

rope 

can dy 

beg 

fair 

both 

garden 

soap 

part 

soft 

green 


26 

THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 

30. General Review 

both 

wall 

start 

another 

soft 

full 

card 

green 

kind 

brick 

pass 

clear 

high 

basket 

car 

fair 

bunch 

candy 

soon 

small 

dance 

church 

cattle 

fine 

beg 

making 

act 

week 

soap 

God 

sheep 

sound 

grade 

burn 

end 

part 

lady 

clean 

east 

garden 

grapes 

coal 

rope 

child 

again 

desk 

west 

horse 

31 

32 

33 

34 

sell 

write 

think 

lead* 

pen cil 

let ter 

alone 

class 

rope 

making 

pencil 

garden 

end 

candy 

sell 

letter 

cattle 

church 

both 

write 

sheep 

God 

beg 

green 


35. Dictation Exercise 

1. She is making candy fcr the child. 2. The basket 
is in the garden. 3. Here is a bunch of grapes. 4. That 
girl will make a high grade in school. 5. The lady can 
start the car on the grade. 


*As in “He will lead the horse to the water.” 





THIRD GRADE 


27 


36 

37 

which 

cross 

place 

below 

alone 

candy 

think 

class 

end 

lead 

rope 

making 


40. 

sell 

class 

lead 

think 


41 

42 

gray 

march 

goose 

af ter 

across 

pond 

trip 

lead 

alone 

class 

think 

swim 


45. 

cross 

pond 

which 

place 


38 

39 

trip 

swim 

a cross 

pond 

place 

below 

which 

write 

pencil 

cross 

sell 

letter 

Review 

write 

alone 

letter 

pencil 


43 

44 

be fore 

cor ner 

stove 

yard 

goose 

below 

which 

after 

gray 

march 

place 

cross 

Review 

swim 

across 

below 

trip 


28 


THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


46 

47 

fix 

dead 

clock 

chick en 

stove 

corner 

before 

pond 

trip 

yard 

across 

swim 


50. 

march 

stove 

gray 

yard 


48 

49 

broke 

food 

buggy 

din ner 

clock 

march 

fix 

dead 

gray 

chicken 

goose 

after 

.EVIEW 

after 

before 

goose 

corner 


51 

52 

spell 

push 

word 

around 

buggy 

dinner 

broke 

food 

before 

yard 

stove 

corner 


55. 

fix 

dinner 

chicken 

clock 


53 

54 

use 

win 

an y thing 

war 

clock 

around 

word 

push 

fix 

chicken 

spell 

dead 

Review 

dead 

buggy 

broke 

food 


THIRD GRADE 


29 


56 

57 

58 

59 

hav ing 

for get 

smoke 

thank 

mail 

date 

meat 

teach er 

anything 

food 

word 

date 

use 

war 

mail 

forget 

buggy 

dinner 

having 

around 

broke 

win 

spell 

push 


60. General Review 


yard 

war 

food 

date 

pond 

dinner 

win 

smoke 

goose 

anything 

teacher 

fix 

place 

buggy 

having 

spell 

across 

chicken 

pencil 

push 

stove 

around 

use 

dead 

class 

clock 

lead 

write 

sell 

word 

broke 

alone 

below 

swim 

mail 

think 

after 

corner 

thank 

letter 

which 

trip 

forget 

cross 

gray 

before 

meat 

march 


30 


THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


61 

62 

63 

64 

city 

above 

free 

aunt 

town 

board 

air 

yes terday 

meat 

teacher 

town 

board 

smoke 

win 

having 

above 

anything 

thank 

city 

forget 

use 

war 

mail 

date 


65. Dictation Exercise 


1. The boys will swim 

across the pond. 2. Mail the 

letter before 

dinner. 3. 

Spell the word 

for the teacher. 

4. The class will not forget the place. 5. 

Write the word 

with a pencil. 





66 

67 

68 

69 

happy 

short 

each 

just 

children 

race 

shoe 

be cause 

air 

yesterday 

children 

race 

free 

teacher 

city 

short 

meat 

aunt 

happy 

above 

smoke 

thank 

town 

board 


70. 

Review 


city 

which 

yesterday 

above 

having 

board 

aunt 

air 


THIRD GRADE 


31 


71 

72 

73 

74 

sink 

add 

lost 

some thing 

cave 

less 

half 

true 

free 

because 

cave 

less 

each 

aunt 

happy 

add 

air 

yesterday 

children 

race 

shoe 

just 

sink 

short 


75. 

Review 


happy 

because 

just 

children 

short 

shoe 

each 

race 


76 

77 

78 

79 

sharp 

pump 

hot tom 

pink 

crow 

oil 

row* 

brave 

half 

true 

crow 

oil 

lost 

just 

sharp 

add 

shoe 

something 

cave 

pump 

each 

because 

sink 

less 


80. 

Review 


sink 

true 

cave 

something 

add 

half 

less 

lost 


*As in “The third row of apples.” 



32 


THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


81 

82 

83 

84 

bet ter 

always 

begin 

fill 

still 

cost 

rush 

stockings 

row 

something 

crow 

cost 

lost 

brave 

still 

pump 

half 

true 

sharp 

always 

bottom 

pink 

better 

oil 


85. 

Review 


sharp 

brave 

crow 

pink 

row 

pump 

oil 

bottom 


86 

87 

88 

89 

be gan 

near ly 

very 

than 

bear 

miss 

ill 

ever 

rush 

stockings 

bear 

miss 

bottom 

brave 

began 

always 

begin 

fill 

still 

cost 

row 

pink 

better 

nearly 


THIRD GRADE 


33 


90. General Review 


sink 

always 

town 

half 

pink 

very 

because 

brave 

sharp 

nearly 

children 

row 

something begin 

yesterday 

true 

add 

happy 

board 

still 

bottom 

aunt 

shoe 

ever 

pump 

city 

air 

bear 

lost 

just 

race 

stockings 

fill 

short 

cave 

cost 

began 

free 

crow 

ill 

better 

each 

less 

rush 

than 

above 

oil 

miss 


91 

92 

93 

94 

send 

warm 

cov er 

ship 

but ter 

spot 

body 

sea 

verv 

ever 

butter 

spot 

ill ' 

than 

send 

warm 

begin 

stockings 

bear 

nearly 

rush 

aunt 

because 

board 


95. Dictation Exercise 

1. My aunt is very ill. 2. That board is very short. 
3. Each card in the box is red. 4. A small shoe was found 
yesterday. 5. Half of the children were sick this week. 


34 


THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


96 

97 

98 

99 

camp 

toy 

wash 

move 

lake 

train 

dust 

along 

cover 

sea 

lake 

warm 

body 

ship 

send 

toy 

very 

ever 

camp 

spot 

ill 

than 

butter 

train 


100. 

Review 


send 

sea 

ship 

butter 

warm 

body 

spot 

cover 


101 

102 

103 

104 

Sun day 

Tuesday 

Thurs day Sat ur day 

Monday 

Wednesday Friday 

af ter noon 

dust 

along 

Monday 

Wednesday 

wash 

move 

camp 

train 

body 

ship 

Sunday 

Tuesday 

cover 

sea 

lake 

toy 


105. 

Review 


camp 

along 

toy 

dust 

lake 

train 

move 

wash 


THIRD GRADE 


35 


106 

107 

108 

109 

age 

been 

grand 

bank 

page 

awake 

band 

pay 

Friday 

move 

Sunday 

Tuesday 

wash 

afternoon 

page 

awake 

Thursday 

Saturday 

Monday 

been 

dust 

along 

age 

Wednesday 


no. 

Review 


Sunday 

afternoon 

Monday 

Saturday 

Tuesday 

Friday 

Wednesday Thursday 


in 

112 

113 

114 

barn 

brought 

behind 

might 

in side 

bean 

front 

belong 

grand 

pay 

barn 

bean 

Thursday 

Saturday 

age 

awake 

band 

bank 

inside 

been 

Friday 

afternoon 

page 

brought 


115. 

Review 


age 

pay 

been 

band 

bank 

page 

grand 

awake 


36 

THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 

116 

117 

118 

119 

lie 

be side 

bite 

shall 

un der 

stone 

or ange 

block 

front 

might 

barn 

stone 

behind 

bank 

under 

bean 

grand 

belong 

lie 

brought 

band 

pay 

inside 

beside 



120. General Review 


camp 

Sunday 

lake 

been 

afternoon 

dust 

Saturday 

bank 

move 

toy 

train 

inside 

Monday 

Thursday 

Tuesday 

brought 

age 

send 

stone 

belong 

might 

body 

bite 

Wednesday 

barn 

grand 

warm 

along 

pay 

awake 

sea 

butter 

lie 

beside 

wash 

ship 

block 

orange 

Friday 

bean 

shall 

spot 

band 

front 

under 

cover 

page 

behind 


THIRD GRADE 37 


121 

122 123 

124 

blot 

boat leave 

close* 

left 

bump care 

sack 

orange 

block left 

bump 

bite 

might blot 

beside 

front 

shall lie 

boat 

behind 

belong under 

stone 


125. Dictation Exercise 

1. We will move the camp on Monday afternoon. 2. A 

grand ship 

was on the sea. 3. On Sunday, we will go to 

church. 4. 

On Wednesday, we will pay 

for the butter and 

the oranges. 

, 5. On Tuesday afternoon, we will walk around 

the lake. 




126 

127 

128 

129 

tie 

cried 

draw 

even 

cloth 

to-night 

line 

yet 

orange 

close 

cloth 

to-night 

care 

block 

tie 

cried 

leave 

sack 

left 

boat 

Thursday 

butter 

bean 

Wednesday 


130. 

Review 


blot 

sack 

left 

close 

boat 

care 

leave 

bump 


*As in ‘‘John, please close the door." 



38 


THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


131 

132 

133 

134 

fight 

writ ing 

glass 

good-by 

off 

form 

slip 

son 

line 

yet 

tie 

cried 

leave 

even 

off 

form 

care 

close 

fight 

to-night 

draw 

sack 

cloth 

writing 


135. 

Review 


tie 

yet 

cloth 

even 

cried 

line 

to-night 

draw 

136 

137 

138 

139 

great 

hang 

hate 

heel 

hunt 

swing 

only 

knee 

slip 

son 

hunt 

swing 

line 

yet 

off 

form 

draw 

good-by 

fight 

hang 

glass 

even 

great 

writing 


fight 

writing 


son 

slip 


140. Review 
Off 
form 


good-by 

glass 


THIRD GRADE 


39 


141 

142 

143 

144 

held 

her self 

rich 

horn 

pail 

him self 

spent 

those 

only 

good-by 

pail 

hang 

hate 

knee 

great 

herself 

glass 

son 

held 

swing 

slip 

heel 

hunt 

himself 


145. 

Review 


great 

knee 

hunt 

heel 

only 

swing 

hang 

hate 

146 

147 

148 

149 

led 

its 

land 

mix 

in to 

rug 

world 

mat ter 

rich 

heel 

into 

herself 

hate 

horn 

led 

its 

spent 

knee 

held 

rug 

only 

those 

pail 

himself 


40 


THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 



150. 

General Review 


fight 

left 

boat 

bump 

heel 

yet 

draw 

line 

great 

sack 

leave 

care 

good-by 

cloth 

cried 

to-night 

blot 

knee 

writing 

form 

even 

off 

hate 

only 

tie 

hunt 

hang 

swing 

close 

son 

glass 

slip 

mix 

matter 

herself 

himself 

held 

pail 

land 

world 

led 

those 

its 

rug 

horn 

into 

rich 

spent 

151 

152 

153 

154 

meet 

mile 

nail 

near 

talk 

north 

post 

neck 

world 

horn 

led 

its 

land 

those 

talk 

north 

rich 

matter 

meet 

rug 

spent 

mix 

into 

mile 


155. Dictation Exercise 

1. We will leave the boat to-night. 2. Tie the swing 
with a line. 3. We left his son writing a letter. 4. There 
was a pail on the rug. 5. We said good-by to those on the 
land. 


THIRD GRADE 


41 


156 

157 

158 

159 

pea nut 

seed 

shop 

side 

where 

shed 

smile 

tip 

nail 

near 

where 

mile 

post 

mix 

peanut 

shed 

land 

neck 

meet 

north 

world 

matter 

talk 

seed 


160. 

Review 


post 

mile 

north 

nail 

meet 

neck 

talk 

near 


161 

162 

163 

164 

straw 

south 

spend 

teach 

snake 

spring 

spoon 

story 

shop 

tip 

where 

spring 

nail 

near 

snake 

seed 

smile 

side 

peanut 

south 

post 

neck 

straw 

which 


165. 

Review 


shed 

where 

shop 

smile 

peanut 

seed 

tip 

side 


42 


THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


166 

167 

168 

169 

tried 

star 

tramp 

while 

birth day 

stay 

stole 

wrote 

spend 

teach 

tried 

Wednesday 

spoon 

shoe 

birthday 

off 

smile 

story 

which 

aunt 

having 

write 

south 

stole 


170. General Review 


meet 

where 

star 

spend 

neck 

tip 

tramp 

post 

talk 

smile 

stole 

spoon 

near 

shed 

mile 

teach 

peanut 

tried 

stay 

snake 

seed 

wrote 

nail 

story 

shop 

while 

spring 

straw 

side 

birthday 

north 

south 


THIRD GRADE 


43 


Supplementary Words For Third Grade 


bake 

bee 

walking 

dime 

hole 

save 

drum 

helping 

fast er 

chew 

sta ble 

drag 

dull 

played 

grew 

muddy 

blame 

brook 

seat 

mask 

key 

rice 

wool 

lamp 

eat ing 

plum 

cream 

pine 

hung 

work ing 

box es 

peas 

creep 

rag 

ink 

teeth 

oats 

hard er 

load 

lock 

mice 

things 

churn 

roots 

show ing 

rose 

pole 

read ing 

salt 

toes 

giant 

Santa Claus 


FOURTH GRADE 

To the Pupil: Read carefully what it says on page viii 
at the front of the book, headed “To the Boys and Girls Who 
Use This Book.” 


1 

2 

3 

4 

bright 

watch 

thin 

strong 

dol lar 

cof fee 

cab bage 

iron 

mon ey 

boil 

leaf 

bridge 

while 

shoe 

money 

coffee 

having 

Tuesday 

dollar 

watch 

which 

been 

bright 

boil 

stole 

knee 

brought 

very 

write 

chicken 

Wednesday pail 


to-night 

pencil 

stole week 

5. Review 

writing 

true 

off great 


dinner 

where 

two coal 

6 

7 

8 

9 

break 

copy 

third 

worth 

fourth 

whole 

fig ure 

nick el 

branch 

price 

should 

too 

cabbage 

iron 

fourth 

vfcfhole 

thin 

strong- 

break 

coffee 

leaf 

bridge 

branch 

price 

use 

above 

dollar 

boil 

cried 

orange 

bright> 

copy 

soap 

Sunday 

money 

watch 


bright 

dollar 

money watch 

10. Review 

thin 

strong 

leaf bridge 


boil 

cabbage 

iron coffee 


The pronunciation of every word in the Fourth Grade and all subsequent grades is 
indicated in the reference lists of words at end of book. 

44 



FOURTH GRADE 


45 


11 

12 

13 

14 

bath 

fin ger 

e nough la zy 

throw 

work 

know 

seem 

read y 

trunk 

hun gry month 

should 

bridge 

branch 

price 

third 

worth 

ready 

work 

figure 

iron 

fourth 

copy 

cabbage 

too 

throw 

trunk 

leaf 

strong 

bath 

whole 

thin 

nickel 

break 

finger 


too 

third 

price ^~e^k 

15. Review 

branch 

copy 

should worth 


fourth 

nickel 

figure whole 


16 

17 

18 

19 

noth ing 

fresh 

blind 

sold 

used 

could 

life 

need 

rib bon 

such 

mid die 

would 

hungry 

seem 

ribbon 

such 

should 

too 

bath 

could 

third 

lazy 

used 

fresh 

know 

month 

ready 

work 

figure 

nickel 

nothing 

finger 

\ lough 

worth 

throw 

trunk 


20. DICTATION EXERCISE. 1. We did not know we 
yuld be so hungry that morning. 2. The lady did not 
ik coffee. 3. We heard that the price was a nickel. 
The bridge was made of strong iron. 5. The children did 
: break the trunk. 



46 


V 

THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


21 

22 

ahead 

na vy 

slide 

wheel 

morn ing 

freeze 

life 

lazy 

middle 

would 

blind 

month 

enough 

need 

hungry / 

seem 

know ( 

sold 

A 

nothing 

25. Review 

fresh 


used 


26 

27 

or der 

wear 

fence 

track 

turn 

mark 

blind 

sold 

doctor 

knock 

won 

farther 

life 

need 

roof 

sweep 

middle 

would 


sweep 

30. Review farther 
knock 


23 

24 

doc tor 

far ther 

won 

knock 

roof 

sweep 

ribbon 

freeze 

morning 

fresh 

used 

wheel 

slide 

could 

nothing 

such 

ahead 

navy 


would sold ribbon 

middle blind such 

could life need 


28 

29 

heard 

an swer 

shake 

sug ar 

blow 

thick 

ahead 

wheel 

fence 

mark 

slide 

track 

turn 

wear 

order 

navy 

morning 

freeze 


roof freeze mor 

doctor ahead na^ 

won wheel slide 



FOURTH GRADE 


47 


31 

32 

33 


34 

suit 

po ta to 

roll 


be have 

tire 

ques tion 

num ber 

speak 

past 

glove 

car ry 


touch 

blow 

farther 

order 


track 

doctor 

answer 

past 


question 

shake 

knock 

suit 


glove 

won 

sugar 

fence 


mark 

roof 

thick 

turn 


potato 

heard 

sweep 

tire 


wear 


heard 

mark 

wear 

blow 

35. Review 

answer 

turn 

order 

thick 


fence 

track 

shake 

sugar 


The Use of the Dictionary 

The dictionary is the book in which you will find nearly 
everything you want to know about the spelling, meaning, 
and pronunciation of words. But, first of all, you must learn 
how to use the dictionary. 

It is necessary to know the letters of the alphabet in their 
proper order before you can use the dictionary to advantage. 
It will be helpful to divide the alphabet in half, learning 
which letters are found in the first half and which letters are 
in the second half. If you wish to find a word that begins 
with r, in which half would you look? 

Look carefully at each word under Exercise 31 on this 
page and tell whether you would open the dictionary in the 
first half of the book or in the second half, if you wanted to 
find that word. 

Select twelve different things that you see in your school 
room, and then write them under the letters with which the 
name of each thing begins. Then arrange the list of things 
in alphabetical order. 

When you come to page 53, you will find some more direc¬ 
tions for the proper use of the dictionary. 


48 


THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


36 

37 

38 

39 

an kle 

climb 

heavy 

ham mer 

plain 

thank ful 

bor row 

knife 

fork 

stud y 

state 

street 

roll 

answer 

suit 

glove 

carry 

behave 

fork 

thankful 

shake 

thick 

ankle 

potato 

heard 

touch 

past 

study 

number 

sugar 

plain 

climb 

blow 

speak 

tire 

question 

* 

40. General Review 


mark 

cabbage 

thin 

iron 

freeze 

won 

heard 

nickel 

such 

shake 

doctor 

knock 

trunk 

know 

enough 

sugar 

price 

life 

third 

seem 

boil 

figure 

blind 

need 

bright 

wheel 

bridge 

watch 

break 

work 

thick 

navy 

bath 

track 

sweep 

wear 

nothing 

could 

month 

finger 

ahead 

coffee 

would 

fresh 

order 

whole 

too 

copy 

strong 

money 

fourth 

leaf 

lazy 

ready 

dollar 

should 

farther 

morning 

fence 

roof 

answer 

turn 

slide 

blow 

sold 

ribbon 

throw 

hungry 

worth 

branch 

used 

middle 


FOURTH GRADE 


49 


41 

42 

43 

44 

post of fice twen ty 

done 

hour 

ear ly 

thread 

size 

learn 

count 

wait 

sor ry 

drive 

heavy 

knife 

count 

wait 

state 

street 

ankle 

study 

borrow 

hammer 

plain 

twenty 

roll 

speak 

post office 

thankful 

carry 

behave 

fork 

climb 

number 

touch 

early 

thread 


street 

heavy study 

ankle 

45. Review 

fork 

climb state 

hammer 


plain 

thankful borrow knife 

46 

47 

48 

49 

pic ture 

buck et 

tooth 

ex cuse 

friend 

leaves* 

un less 

quick 

chain 

stairs 

paid 

gain 

size 

hammer 

friend 

stairs 

done 

learn 

post office 

twenty 

sorry 

knife 

chain 

bucket 

heavy 

drive 

early 

thread 

state 

hour 

picture 

leaves 

borrow 

street 

count 

wait 


drive 

post office done hour 

50. Review 

count 

twenty sorry size 


early 

wait thread learn 


*As in “John leaves his key at home.” 



50 THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


51 

52 

53 

54 

twice 

teach ing 

mean 

cool 

brown 

loud 

slice 

pil low 

stiff 

ar row 

o cean 

fin ish 

unless 

hour 

stiff 

arrow 

tooth 

quick 

picture 

bucket 

paid 

learn 

brown 

teaching 

size 

drive 

friend 

leaves 

done 

excuse 

twice 

stairs 

sorry 

gain 

chain 

loud 


picture 

gain 

excuse chain 

55. Review 

friend 

leaves 

unless quick 


paid 

bucket 

tooth stairs 


The letters a , e , i, o, u (sometimes w and y) are called vowels. 
All the other letters are called consonants. 


SPELLING RULE I. A word ending in e with 
a consonant before it generally drops the e 
when ing is added. 


Add ing to the following words, and then pro¬ 
nounce the words thus formed: 


slide 

come 

hide 

hope 

make 

ride 

care 

dance 

smile 

write 


give 

have 

like 

love 

take 

bite 

hate 

leave 

race 

name 


Bring to the class a list of ten words that you have already 
studied which follow this Spelling Rule. Ask your teacher to 
look at your words, and to correct any that are wrong. 


FOURTH GRADE 


51 


56 

57 

died 

hur ry 

through 

since 

laugh 

a mong 

ocean 

excuse 

slice 

pillow 

mean 

quick 

tooth 

cool 

paid 

finish 

unless 

gain 


58 

59 

skate 

cloud y 

storm 

un cle 

my self 

paint 

through 

arrow 

twice 

among 

laugh 

loud 

stiff 

since 

died 

hurry 

brown 

teaching 


60. DICTATION EXERCISE. 1. The teacher did not 
answer the fourth girl. 2. No such figure was made. 3. 
It did not seem that the money could be used. 4. The 
friend did drive the car for a whole hour. 5. We use sugar 
in our coffee. 


61 

62 

63 

64 

can not 

stir 

whose 

own 

thun der 

it self 

plow 

ne gro 

bush el 

twelve 

with out 

built 

storm 

cloudy 

through 

twelve 

myself 

cool 

bushel 

hurry 

skate 

uncle 

died 

since 

ocean 

paint 

thunder 

itself 

slice 

finish 

laugh 

among 

mean 

pillow 

cannot 

stir 


among 

skate hurry 

myself 

65. Review 

cloudy 

laugh paint 

died 


through 

since uncle 

storm 



52 


THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


66 

67 

68 

69 

of ten 

sir 

sau cer 

mind 

crowd 

be gun 

lean 

floor 

bought 

hair 

weed 

wind y 

whose 

built 

cannot 

stir 

skate 

uncle 

bought 

hair 

plow 

own 

thunder 

begun 

storm 

cloudy 

crowd 

itself 

without 

negro 

often 

sir 

myself 

paint 

bushel 

twelve 


70. General Review 


died 

behave 

tire 

past 

suit 

hammer 

through 

laugh 

ankle 

cloudy 

plain 

fork 

picture 

excuse 

friend 

stiff 

twice 

cool 

early 

count 

post office 

hour 

brown 

chain 

question 

number 

touch 

roll 

since 

storm 

paint 

skate 

loud 

mean 

street 

heavy 

leaves 

unless 

finish 

slice 

thankful 

borrow 

drive 

done 

thread 

size 

gain 

tooth 

carry 

potato 

glove 

uncle 

myself 

hurry 

among 

speak 

state 

twenty 

wait 

knife 

paid 

climb 

arrow 

pillow 

sorry 

bucket 

study 

learn 

ocean 

teaching 

stairs 

quick 


FOURTH GRADE 


53 


71 

72 

73 

74 

quar rel 

closed 

les son 

nurse 

earth 

o pen 

soup 

coast 

noise 

sup per 

lunch 

man ner 

lean 

negro 

noise 

begun 

saucer 

built 

often 

open 

weed 

floor 

earth 

sir 

plow 

windy 

quarrel 

hair 

whose 

own 

crowd 

supper 

without 

mind 

bought 

closed 


crowd 

mind lean 

begun 

75. Review 

often 

hair sir 

bought 


floor 

weed saucer windy 


The Use of the Dictionary 

Note.—The teacher should prepare and carefully direct 
dictionary exercises until the pupils become thoroughly 
accustomed to using the dictionary. 

Open your dictionary and look at the words at the top of 
each page. These words, usually printed large and set in 
heavy-face type, are called “helping words”; that is, they are 
the “key” words that help you find quickly the word for 
which you are looking. 

Select some one letter of the alphabet, and open your 
dictionary at that letter. Now look carefully at the “help¬ 
ing words”; find where the words beginning with the letter a 
start and where they end; find those words beginning with 
the letter b; then those beginning with the letter c; continue 
in this manner throughout the alphabet. 

Next, turn to the first page of the words beginning with a. 
If you will follow the “helping words” at the top of the page, 
you will see that the second letter in the word is b. Look 
carefully and you will see that all the ab words are together, 
and that these ab words are followed by the ac words. Then, 
in regular order, come the ad words, then the ae words, the 
af, ag } ah , ai, aj words, and so on through the alphabet. 

Here is another point to notice—the third letter in the ab 
words is first a, then b , then c, then d , and so on. 

Use the “helping words” as a guide, and find all the words 
in Exercise 71. See how long it takes you to find the words 
in Exercise 72. 


54 


THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


76 

77 

78 

79 

Christ mas 

their 

Thanks giv ing nor 

wake 

doz en 

tur key 

sure 

young 

path 

cheer 

cellar 

lesson 

floor 

Christmas 

their 

soup 

coast 

quarrel 

closed 

saucer 

mind 

earth 

supper 

lean 

nurse 

wake 

open 

lunch 

manner 

young 

dozen 

weed 

windy 

noise 

path 


noise 

closed lesson manner 

80. Review 

nurse 

lunch supper quarrel 


soup 

coast open 

earth 

81 

82 

83 

84 

re mem ber 

be tween 

heart 

won der 

easy 

shine 

au tumn 

fol low 

though 

lawn 

team 

vis it 

Thanksgiving 

sure 

easy 

though 

turkey 

nurse 

Christmas 

their 

soup 

manner 

wake 

lawn 

lesson 

nor 

remember 

shine 

cheer 

cellar 

though 

dozen 

lunch 

coast 

young 

between 


85. DICTATION EXERCISE. 1. Do you have a turkey 
at Christmas or at Thanksgiving? 2. There were a dozen 
apples in the cellar. 3. Their post office was on the street 
near the church. 4. We were not sure that the picture 
would suit our uncle. 5. The knife and the arrow were on 
the table. 


FOURTH GRADE 


55 


86 

87 

88 

89 

Jan u a ry 

April 

July 

Oc to ber 

Feb ru a ry 

May 

Au gust 

No vem ber 

March 

June 

Sep tem ber De cem ber 

autumn 

wonder 

remember 

shine 

team 

nor 

March 

May 

heart 

follow 

easy 

between 

Thanksgiving 

sure 

January 

April 

turkey 

visit 

though 

lawn 

cheer 

cellar 

February 

June 


between 

team lawn 

heart 

90. Review 

remember 

visit wonder though 


easy 

shine autumn follow 


91 

92 

93 

94 

pump kin 

crack 

knob 

hun dred 

farm 

wheat 

be come 

spread 

par ty 

build 

sight 

up on 

August 

December 

pumpkin 

wheat 

heart 

follow 

January 

April 

September 

October 

farm 

build 

autumn 

visit 

February 

crack 

July 

November 

party 

doctor 

dollar 

wonder 

March 

break 


March April September October 

95. Review January June July December 

May February November August 


56 


THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


96 

97 

get ting 

tow el 

pull 

lum ber 

none 

law 

knob 

October 

August 

hundred 

become 

December 

July 

spread 

sight 

November 

September 

upon 


98 

99 

a while 

steam er 

six ty 

inch 

kiss 

bead 

pull 

build 

pumpkin 

lumber 

none 

wheat 

getting 

law 

party 

towel 

bright 

crack 


100. General Review 


visit 

between 

December 

their 

cellar 

April 

built 

closed 

windy 

stir 

manner 

sir 

remember 

lawn 

cannot 

path 

often 

June 

Christmas 

supper 

quarrel 

hair 

January 

twelve 

team 

wonder 

cheer 

October 

September 

nor 

lunch 

floor 

without 

own 

weed 

nurse 


heart 

autumn 

July 

turkey 

saucer 

August 

whose 

soup 

Thanksgiving lean 

lesson 

plow 

though 

follow 

young 

sure 

March 

November 

noise 

coast 

bought 

mind 

bushel 

negro 

shine 

easy 

May 

thunder 

dozen 

earth 

open 

wake 

itself 

February 

begun 

crowd 


FOURTH GRADE 


57 


101 

102 

103 

104 

peo pie 

shell 

hap pen 

weigh 

ev er y bod y 

leath er 

jel ly 

pie 

sail 

a fraid 

torn 

pret ty 

awhile 

inch 

everybody 

leather 

kiss 

October 

pumpkin 

shell 

sixty 

bead 

sail 

afraid 

September 

December 

people 

wheat 

August 

steamer 

ankle 

build 

July 

November enough 

crack 


pumpkin 

upon party 

hundred 

105. Review 

crack 

sight build 

knob 


wheat 

become spread 

seem 

106 

107 

108 

109 

can’t 

strike 

blan ket 

porch 

match 

knew 

un a ble 

rule 

trav el 

a like 

wave 

great er 

happen 

weigh 

travel 

knew 

knob 

hundred 

getting 

towel 

jelly 

pretty 

can’t 

alike 

sight 

spread 

none 

lumber 

torn 

pie 

match 

strike 

become 

upon 

picture 

whole 


110. DICTATION EXERCISE. 1. Their children were 
happy at Christmas. 2. It is easy to remember Thanksgiv¬ 
ing. 3. February is the second month of the year. 4. Sixty 
pounds of wheat make a bushel. 5. We were afraid of the 
noise. 


58 


THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


111 

112 

dish es 

busy 

car pet 

stamp 

light 

jail 

blanket 

porch 

unable 

weigh 

wave 

rule 

happen 

pretty 

jelly 

greater 

torn 

everybody 


rule 

115. Review porch 
can’t 


116 

117 

out side 

tenth 

chase 

both er 

lead er 

whip 

blanket 

breath 

meal 

porch 

unable 

banana 

bonnet 

wear 

wave 

asking 

shade 

greater 


dishes 

120. Review busy 


carpet 


113 

114 

shade 

ba na na 

bon net 

ask ing 

meal 

breath 

carpet 

stamp 

can’t 

knew 

dishes 

strike 

travel 

jail 

light 

alike 

leather 

busy 


unable knew match 
wave blanket greater 
alike strike travel 


118 

119 

your self 

cheese 

flour 

but ton 

damp 

blood 

outside 

tenth 

dishes 

busy 

leader 

jail 

carpet 

bother 

light 

watch 

chase 

whip 


breath light banana 
meal shade jail 
stamp bonnet asking 


FOURTH GRADE 


59 


121 

122 

123 

124 

please 

pair 

peach 

grain 

everything 

cen ter 

pour 

rake 

dressed 

bit ter 

for ty 

calf 

yourself 

cheese 

please 

center 

flour 

banana 

outside 

tenth 

meal 

breath 

leader 

bother 

bonnet 

button 

everything 

bitter 

damp 

asking 

chase 

pair 

worth 

blood 

dressed 

ocean 


blood 

outside cheese 

leader 

125. Review 

tenth 

damp whip 

yourself 

• 

chase 

button flour 

bother 


126 

127 

128 

129 

don’t 

par lor 

beat 

pen nies 

mount ain 

crop 

in vite 

quar ter 

tack 

lem on 

ab sent 

grab 

peach 

cheese 

mountain 

lemon 

forty 

grain 

please 

pair 

pour 

button 

tack 

bitter 

yourself 

calf 

everything 

crop 

flour 

blood 

don’t 

center 

damp 

rake 

dressed 

parlor 

Bring to the class a list of 

ten words that 

follow Spellin 


Rule I on page 50. Show these words to your teacher. 


60 THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 

130. General Review 


greater 

alike 

pretty 

build 

upon 

law 

bead 

jail 

breath 

whip 

blood 

afraid 

travel 

wave 

party 

sight 

light 

torn 

none 

kiss 

leader 

meal 

sail 

damp 

blanket 

porch 

knob 

hundred 

awhile 

weigh 

shade 

steamer 

happen 

cheese 

yourself 

banana 

131 

132 

pock et 

beet 

comb 

an y where 

square 

shoot 

invite 

calf 

pour 

pennies 

absent 

grab 

peach 

quarter 

forty 

grain 

beat 

nickel 


match 

farm 

pull 

everybody 

carpet 

chase 

strike 

crack 

shell 

towel 

busy 

tenth 

unable 

become 

sixty 

jelly 

bonnet 

flour 


133 

han die 

sow* 

brush 

pocket 

don’t 

comb 

mountain 

square 

need 


knew 

wheat 

leather 

stamp 

bother 

lumber 

can’t 

pumpkin 

dishes 

outside 

people 

getting 

rule 

spread 

pie 

asking 

inch 

button 


134 

cit ies 
pris on 
reach 

anywhere 

parlor 

beet 

lemon 

shoot 

navy 


*As in “The farmer will sow his grain in autumn.” 




FOURTH GRADE 


61 


don’t grab pennies tack 

135. Review mountain crop quarter invite 



parlor 

absent 

beat 

lemon 

136 

137 

138 


139 

dirt 

build ing 

Mr. 


foot ball 

cheek 

mule 

Mrs. 


run ning 

tease 

club 

Miss 


queen 

handle 

pennies 

tease 


building 

brush 

cities 

cheek 


beet 

sow 

quarter 

dirt 


anywhere 

beat 

prison 

comb 


mule 

absent 

strong 

square 


club 

invite 

reach 

friend 


sugar 


pocket 

reach 

square cities 

140. Review 

beet 

brush 

shoot 

handle 


comb 

anywhere 

sow 

prison 


SPELLING RULE II. A word ending in y with 
a consonant before the y, keeps the y when 
mg is added; but on adding ed or es, the y is 
changed to i. 

Try out this rule on these words: 

cry city dry baby 

fly study try copy 


Bring to the class a list of five other words that follow this 
rule. 


62 THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


141 

142 

143 

144 

for est 

break fast 

shirt 

plant 

fif ty 

kitch en 

sec ond 

fruit 

gath er 

a pron 

slip per 

rath er 

Mr. 

football 

fifty 

building 

handle 

cities 

dirt 

kitchen 

Mrs. 

reach 

forest 

branch 

sow 

running 

cheek 

heard 

Miss 

prison 

tease 

apron 

third 

queen 

gather 

breakfast 


queen 

dirt 

tease 

football 

145. Review running 

cheek 

building 

answer 

strong 

friend 

picture 

ankle 


146 

147 

148 

149 

news 

rub ber 

de lay 

list 

won’t 

glass es 

crack er 

bri die 

quart 

file 

tax 

few 

shirt 

plant 

news 

rubber 

suit 

football 

fifty 

file 

second 

fruit 

won’t 

breakfast 

Mrs. 

queen 

gather 

apron 

slipper 

rather 

quart 

glasses 

nickel 

running 

forest 

kitchen 


150. DICTATION EXERCISE. 1. The wheat in the 
field is very pretty. 2. One hundred pennies make a dollar. 
3. A busy people are happy. 4. A strong iron knob is on the 
prison door. 5. That boy cannot carry one hundred pounds 
of flour. 


FOURTH GRADE 


63 


151 

152 

wrong 

tail 

rent 

silk 

think ing 

isn’t 

cracker 

plant 

second 

list 

tax 

few 

slipper 

rather 

delay 

bridle 

shirt 

fruit 


news 

155. Review rubber 


won’t 


156 

157 

o’clock 

pres ent* 

thou sand 

bro ken 

naugh ty 

scratch 

hello 

merry 

delay 

bridle 

anyway 

bleed 

cracker 

steep 

bare 

few 

whose 

heard 


153 154 


hel lo 

bleed 

an y way mer ry 

bare 

steep 

thinking silk 

news 

glasses 

wrong 

isn’t 

won’t 

rubber 

rent 

file 

quart 

tail 

few 

quart list 

tax 

delay weigh 

bridle 

twelve heavy 


158 

159 

sheet 

soil 

suf fer 

heat 

chop 

skin 

thousand 

present 

wrong 

isn’t 

o’clock 

broken 

naughty 

scratch 

thinking 

tail 

autumn 

forty 


*As in “Santa Claus brought me a doll as a present.” 




64 


THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


160. General Review 


queen 

dirt 

reach 

pocket 

calf 

forest 

grab 

news 

rather 

please 

few 

don’t 

Mr. 

club 

handle 

bitter 

peach 

lemon 

beat 

shoot 

shirt 

apron 

delay 

file 

tease 

Miss 

dressed 

forty 

tack 

absent 

square 

brush 

gather 

slipper 

quart 

tax 

161 

162 

wood 

some bod y 

mead ow 

to geth er 

feath er 

shad ow 

suffer 

heat 

anyway 

merry 

chop 

skin 

hello 

bleed 

bare 

steep 

sheet 

soil 


building 

cheek 

beet ' 

comb 

pair 

everything 

parlor 

mountain 

breakfast 

fifty 

rubber 

won’t 

football 

Mrs. 

cities 

sow 

grain 

pour 

pennies 

invite 

plant 

second 

list 

cracker 

mule 

running 

anywhere 

prison 

crop 

bridle 

center 

fruit 

kitchen 

rake 

glasses 

quarter 

163 

164 

rail road 

grant 

sale 

cast 

fort 

park 

o’clock 

somebody 

meadow 

present 

wood 

together 

thousand 

broken 

naughty 

shadow 

feather 

scratch 


wrong steep naughty hello 

165. Review thousand heat isn’t meadow 

suffer anyway sheet merry 


FOURTH GRADE 


65 


166 

167 

168 

169 

gal Ion 

stack 

wide 

bay 

ket tie 

struck 

dash 

rate 

vel vet 

bush 

wire 

bone 

railroad 

soil 

gallon 

struck 

present 

cast 

kettle 

bush 

sale 

heat 

velvet 

stack 

fort 

grant 

naughty 

dash 

broken 

park 

thousand 

wire 

scratch 

skin 

o’clock 

wide 


170. 

General Review 


naughty 

suffer 

scratch 

broken 

thinking 

dash 

bush 

struck 

feather 

sale 

shadow 

together 

velvet 

anyway 

isn’t 

silk 

soil 

skin 

sheet 

chop 

bleed 

bone 

wide 

wire 

bay 

park 

railroad 

fort 

grant 

steep 

hello 

bare 

present 

o’clock 

thousand 

heat 

stack 

gallon 

kettle 

merry 

somebody 

wood 

meadow 

rate 

tail 

wrong 

rent 

cast 


66 


THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


Supplementary Words for Fourth Grade 


fun ny 

beef 

hab it 

chill 

sneeze 

thaw 

grove 

glue 

beach 

ho tel 

flood 

neat 

hon ey 

mon key 

vest 

howl 

clo ver 

keg 

slim 

pep per 

butch er 

ti ger 

gar ment 

fuss 

bon fire 

broom 

rat tie 

mut ton 

hatch 

dose 

pinch 

hoe 

gem 

brag 

cape 

colt 

bore 

fade 

bank er 

coax 

book case 

lan tern 

cork 

crick et 

pearl 

keen 

fudge 

trim 

braid 

ax 

bounce 

blis ter 

har row 

husk 

black ber 

ries puz zle 

Sab bath 

lack 

drug 

o ver coat 


APPENDIX A 


Contractions 

Note:—The teacher should, from time to time, develop the 
spelling of these contractions as they are normally used in 
oral English by the pupils. 

In formal letters and in business communications, it is not 
good usage to make use of colloquial expressions or of con¬ 
tractions. All such communications should be clear, direct, 
and expressed in dignified language. 

On the other hand, letters written to friends and informal 
notes are regarded as a sort of personal chat. It is quite 
proper to be wholly informal in such matters and for that 
reason it is permissible to use colloquial terms of speech and 
contractions. Valid authority is found among eminent and 
distinguished writers for writing to friends and acquaintances 
in an informal manner. 

The fact that frequently these familiar expressions are mis¬ 
spelled indicates a carelessness and negligence that cannot 
be excused. Be sure that you know how to spell every one 
of the contractions given below. 


don’t. 

. . . .do not 

can’t. 

. . ..cannot 

you’re. . . . 

. . . .you are 

we’re. 

. ... we are 

we’ll. 

. . . .we will 

you’d. 

. . . .you would 

I’ve. 

. . . . I have 

won’t. 

. . . .will not 

isn’t. 

. ... is not 

it’s. 

. ... it is 

he’s. 

. ... he is 

couldn’t. . . 

. . . .could not 

hasn’t. . . . 

. . . . has not 

haven’t. . . 

. . . . have not 

won’t. 

. . . .will not 

they’re. . . . 

. . . . they are 

what’s.... 

. . . .what is 

wasn’t. . . . 

. . . .was not 

there’s.... 

.... there is 

weren’t. . . , 

. . . .were not 

that’s. 

.... that is 

aren’t. 

. . . .are not 

where’s. . . 

. . . .where is 

you’ll. 

. . . . you will 


A1 


























APPENDIX B 


Homonyms 


There are some important words that are pronounced 
exactly alike, but differ in meaning and usually in spelling. 
Such words are called homonyms. You should learn thoroughly 
the meaning and the spelling of each “pair” of homonyms 
listed below, as these words are commonly used in everyday 
life. ✓ 

Note to Teacher:—It is a mooted point as to whether 
homonyms should be taught “separately” or “together.” The 
weight of expert opinion is to use the “separate” method in 
initial presentation, especially in the lower grades; the “to¬ 
gether” method when the words have been confused by the 
pupil. It is highly important that the teacher devote to 
homonyms intensive drill until they are mastered. It is ad¬ 
visable to give here only a brief list of the more common 
homonyms that the child may be expected to use in his writ¬ 
ten vocabulary. 


Word Definition 


Sentence 


1 no. 

know. 

2 son. 

sun. 

3 weak. 

week. 

4 there. 

their. 

5 dew. 

due. 


not, not any. 

to perceive, to understand 

a male child. 

the heavenly body which 
gives the light of day.. 

deficient in physical 

strength. 

a period of seven days... 

at that place, point, etc. 
of or belonging to them . 

moisture condensed on the 
surfaces of cool bodies., 
owed or owing as a debt. 


The lazy boy finds no work to do 
We know that truth is beauty. 

The son plays ball. 

The sun sets in the west. 

That boy has a weak ankle. 

Learn your lessons every week. 

The book is there on the floor. 
Their hats are new. 


The dew was on the fleece. 
The money was past due. 


With the aid of the dictionary or the teacher, study these “pairs” of 
words, defining and using them in sentences. 


hall 

waste 

dear 

berry 

die 

male 

new 

haul 

waist 

deer 

bury 

dye 

mail 

knew 

flee 

blue 

would 

sail 

hair 

beet 

prays 

praise 

flea 

blew 

wood 

sale 

hare 

beat 

tale 

flour 

through 

made 

sole 

pair 

to 

tail 

flower 

threw 

maid 

soul 

pare 

too 


pear two 

Distinguish carefully between 


its belonging to; as in “Its honor was at stake.” 

it’s it is; as in “It’s more blessed to give than to receive.” 


A2 
















APPENDIX G 


The Spelling Demons 

Note:—According to Professor W. Franklin Jones, who 
conducted an extensive investigation of spelling in children’s 
themes, the following one hundred words were found to be 
those most frequently misspelled. In “The Nonpareil Speller,” 
88% of these spelling “DEMONS” are studied before the 
beginning of the SIXTH GRADE. Give intensive drill on 
all of these words as they appear in each grade. 


ache 

done 

again 

don’t 

always 

early 

among 

easy 

answer 

enough 

any 

every 

been 

February 

beginning 

forty 

believe 

friend 

blue 

grammar 

break 

guess 

built 

half 

business 

having 

busy 

hear 

buy 

heard 

can’t 

here 

choose 

hoarse 

color 

hour 

coming 

instead 

cough 

just 

could 

knew 

country 

know 

dear 

laid 

doctor 

loose 

does 

lose 


making 

they 

many 

though 

meant 

through 

minute 

tired 

much 

to-night 

none 

too 

often 

trouble 

once 

truly 

piece 

Tuesday 

raise 

two 

read 

used 

ready 

very 

said 

wear 

says 

Wednesday 

seems 

week 

separate 

where 

shoes 

whether 

since 

which 

some. 

whole 

straight 

women 

sugar 

won’t 

sure 

would 

tear 

write 

their 

writing 

there 

wrote 


APPENDIX D 


The Ayres Measuring Scale 

The Ayres Measuring Scale for Ability in Spelling is 
herewith reproduced in this book by permission of the 
Russell Sage Foundation. Dr. Leonard P. Ayres, who con¬ 
ducted the investigation, found from an aggregate of 1,400,000 
spellings that the following one thousand words were used 
most frequently in writing. This scientific list constitutes a 
fundamental vocabulary which should be used for drill, review, 
and testing purposes. 

The spelling ability of a class may readily be ascertained 
by the use of these lists. If, for example, the class or group 
be tested on words selected from column L, second-grade 
pupils should spell correctly 50 per cent; third-grade, 73 per 
cent; fourth-grade, 88 per cent; fifth-grade, 94 per cent; sixth- 
grade, 98 per cent; seventh-grade, 100 per cent. 

The words in any column are approximately equal in dif¬ 
ficulty; it is best, therefore, to choose all the words for a test 
from a single column. Twenty words will be sufficient to 
secure a reasonably reliable measure of the spelling ability of 
a class; fifty to one hundred words, for an individual. 


A 

see 

will 

but 


run 

we 

this 

me 


an 

all 

do 

D 

my 

your 


up 

out 

B 


last 

time 

the 

not 

may 

and 

in 

so 

us 

am 

into 

him 

go 

no 

good 

to-day 

at 

now 

little 

look 

on 

man 

ago 

did 


ten 

old 

like 


bed 

bad 

six 

L 

top 

red 

boy 

a 



book 

it 

is 

E 

F 

G 

she 

he 

of 

by 

can 

you 

be 

have 


A4 


THE AYRES MEASURING SCALE 


A5 


are 

tell 

had 

five 

over 

ball 

must 

law 

make 

ask 

school 

just 

street 

way 

say 

get 

come 

home 

hand 

much 

ring 

call 

live 

long 

kill 

love 

late 

then 

let 

house 

big 

year 

mother 

to 

three 

I 

land 

as 

cold 

send 

hot 

one 

hat 

has 

child 

some 

ice 

if 

play 

how 

sea 

her 

H 

them 

other 

baby 

day 

well 

about 

eat 

men 

sit 

for 

lot 

ran 

box 

was 

belong 

that 

door 

his 

yes 

led 

low 

lay 

soft 

stand 

I 

nine 

yard 

bring 


face 

Mr. 

miss 

after 

ride 

thing 

tree 

what 

sick 

than 

got 

its 

north 

very 

white 

or 

spent 

thank 

foot 

dear 

blow 

west 

block 

sold 

spring 

told 

river 

best 

plant 

form 

cut 

far 

song 

gave 

winter 

alike 

stone 

add 

free 


lake 


page 

J 

nice 


end 

seven 

fall 

forget 

feet 

happy 

went 

noon 

back 

think 

away 

sister 

paper 

cast 

put 

card 

each 

south 

soon 

deep 

came 

inside 

Sunday 

blue 

show 

post 

Monday 

town 

yet 

stay 

find 

grand 

give 

outside 

new 

dark 

letter 

band 

take 

game 


A6 THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


boat 

made 

rest 

said 

east 

work 

son 

our 

help 

more 

hard 

when 

race 

from 

cover 

wind 

fire 

print 

age 

air 

gold 

fill 

read 

along 

fine 

lost 

cannot 

name 

May 

room 

line 

hope 

left 

same 

ship 

glad 

train 

with 

saw 

mine 

pay 

large 

near 

K 

down 

why 

became 

bill 

brother 

want 

rain 

girl 

keep 

part 

start 

still 

mail 

place 

eye 

report 

glass 

never 

party 

found 

upon 

side 

two 

kind 

they 

life 

would 

here 

any 

car 

could 

word 

should 

every 

city 

under 

only 

most 

where 


week 

maybe 

first 

across 

sent 

to-night 

mile 

tenth 

seem 

sir 

even 

these 

without 

club 

afternoon 

seen 

Friday 

felt 

hour 

full 

wife 

fail 

state 

set 

July 

stamp 

head 

light 

story . 

coming 

open 

cent 

short 

night 

lady 

pass 

reach 

shut 

better 

easy 

water 

round 

cost 

L 

price 

become 

catch 

class 

black 

horse 

warm 

care 

unless 

try 

clothing 

move 

began 

delay 

able 

pound 

gone 

behind 

suit 

around 

track 

burn 

watch 

camp 

dash 

bear 

fell 

clear 

fight 

clean 

buy 

spell 

stop 

poor 

walk 

finish 

grant 

hurt 

soap 


THE AYRES MEASURING SCALE 


A7 


news 

early 

stole 

those 

small 

close 

income 

office 

war 

flower 

bought 

great 

summer 

nothing 

paid 

Miss 

above 

ground 

enter 

who 

express 

lead 

railroad 

died 

turn 

such 

unable 

change 

lesson 

many 

ticket 

wire 

half 

morning 

account 

few 

father 

however 

driven 

please 

anything 

mind 

real 

picture 

table 

shall 

recover 

money 

high 

alone 

mountain 

ready 

talk 

order 

steamer 

omit 

June 

third 

speak 

anyway 

right 

push 

past 


date 

point 

might 


road 

within 

begin 

N 

March 

done 

contract 


next 

body 

deal 

except 

indeed 


almost 

aunt 

four 


brought 

capture 

herself 

M 

less 

wrote 

power 


event 

else 

wish 

trust 

off 

bridge 

because 

extra 

true 

offer 

world 

dress 

took 

suffer 

country 

beside 

again 

built 

meet 

teach 

inform 

center 

another 

happen 

both 

front 

trip 

begun 

heart 

rule 

list 

collect 

month 

carry 

people 

file 

children 

chain 

ever 

provide 

build 

death 

held 

sight 

understand 

learn 

church 

stood 

follow 

wonder 

once 

fix 

charge 

tire 

own 

born 

says 

pair 

before 

goes 

member 

check 

know 

hold 

case 

prove 

were 

drill 

while 

heard 

dead 

army 

also 

inspect 

leave 

pretty 

return 

itself 


A8 THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


always 

hear 

something 

size 

write 

December 

expect 

dozen 

need 

there 

thus 

tax 

woman 

number 

young 

October 

fair 

reason 

dollar 

evening 

plan 

fifth 

broke 

feel 

0 

sure 

eight 

least 

afraid 

sorry 

uncle 

press 

rather 

God 

comfort 

teacher 

elect 

November 

aboard 

subject 

jail 

April 

shed 

history 

retire 

cause 

refuse 

study 

district 

himself 

restrain 

matter 

royal 

use 

objection 

thought 

pleasure 

person 

navy 

nor 

fourth 

January 

population 

mean 

proper 

vote 

judge 

court 

weather 

copy 

worth 

act 

contain 

been 

figure 

yesterday 

sudden 

among 

forty 

question 

instead 

doctor 

throw 


personal 

everything 

P 

rate 

spend 

chief 

enjoy 

perfect 

awful 

second 

usual 

slide 

complaint 

farther 

auto 

duty 

vacation 

intend 

beautiful 

company 

flight 

quite 

travel 

none 

rapid 

knew 

repair 

remain 

trouble 

direct 

entrance 

appear 

importance 

liberty 

carried 

enough 

loss 

fact 

fortune 

board 

empire 

September 

mayor 

station 

wait 

attend 

beg 

between 

degree 

public 

prison 

friend 

engine 

during 

visit 

through 

guest 

police 

department 

until 

obtain 

madam 

family 

truly 

favor 

whole 

Mrs. 

address 

husband 

request 

amount 

raise 

human 

August 

view 

Tuesday 

election 

struck 

clerk 

getting 

though 

o’clock 

don’t 

Thursday 

support 


THE AYRES MEASURING SCALE 


A9 


does 

represent 

regard 

term 

escape 

section 

since 

relative 

which 

progress 

length 

entire 

destroy 

president 

newspaper 

measure 

daughter 

famous 

answer 

serve 

reply 

estate 

oblige 

remember 

sail 

either 

cities 

effort 

known 

important 

several 

due 

desire 

include 

nearly 

running 

allow 

Q 

position 

field 

ledge 

sometimes 

claim 

declare 

primary 

engage 

result 

final 

Saturday 

terrible 

appoint 

surprise 

information 

period 

whom 

addition 

arrest 

employ 

themselves 

property 

special 

select 

women 

connection 

present 

firm 

action 

region 

j ustice 

convict 

gentleman 

private 

inclose 

command 

await 

debate 

suppose 

crowd 

wonderful 

factory 

direction 

publish 

forward 


although 

already 

prompt 

attention 

attempt 

education 

whose 

director 

statement 

purpose 

perhaps 

common 

their 

diamond 

imprison 

together 

written 

convention 

arrange 

increase 

R 

manner 

feature 

article 

forenoon 

service 

injure 

lose 

effect 

combination 

distribute 

avenue 

general 

neighbor 

to-morrow 

weigh 

consider 

wear 

against 

entertain 

complete 

salary 

search 

visitor 

treasure 

publication 

popular 

machine 

Christmas 

toward 

interest 

success 

drown 

adopt 

S 

secure 

honor 

often 

promise 

stopped 

wreck 

motion 

prepare 

theater 

vessel 

improvement 

busy 

century 

prefer 

total 

illustrate 

mention 

different 

arrive 

object 

supply 

provision 

assist 

according 

difference 


A10 THE NONPAREIL SPELLER 


examination 

accept 

particular 

impossible 

affair 

concern 

course 

associate 

neither 

automobile 

local 

various 

marriage 

decide 

further 

entitle 

serious 

political 

doubt 

national 

condition 

recent 

government 

business 

opinion 

refer 

believe 

minute 

system 

ought 

possible 

absence 

piece 

conference 

certain 

Wednesday 

witness 

really 

investigate 

celebration 

therefore 

folks 

too 

pleasant 

T 

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meant 

guess 

earliest 

whether 

circular 

distinguish 

argument 

consideration 

volume 

colonies 

organize 

assure 

summon 

relief 

official 

occupy 

victim 

probably 

estimate 

foreign 

accident 

expense 

invitation 

responsible 


beginning 

W 

application 

difficulty 

organization 

scene 

emergency 

finally 

appreciate 

develop 

sincerely 

circumstance 

athletic 

issue 

extreme 

material 

practical 

suggest 

proceed 

mere 

cordially 

senate 

character 

receive 

separate 

respectfully 

February 

agreement 

unfortunate 

majority 

X 

elaborate 

citizen 

immediate 

necessary 

convenient 

divide 

receipt 

V 

preliminary 

disappoint 

especially 

annual 

principal 

testimony 

discussion 

arrangement 

committee 

Y 

decision 

reference 

evidence 

principle 

experience 

session 

Z 

secretary 

association 

judgment 

career 

recommend 

height 

allege 


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size of the page, it has been necessary to detach the columns of words from the scale. These columns of words, 
however, are found on the preceding pages and are grouped in the order in which they appear in the Scale. Word 
list A belongs under column A, list B under column B, list C under column C, etc. 




















































































































































































APPENDIX E 


Basal Word List 


Second Grade 


about 

book 

cup 

eye 

found 

ago 

box 

cut 

face 

four 

all 

boy 

dark 

fall 

from 

any 

bread 

day 

far 

game 

apple 

bring 

dear 

fast 

gave 

are 

brother 

deep 

father 

get 

arm 

bug 

did 

feed 

girl 

ask 

buy 

dish 

feel 

give 

asleep 

cake 

do 

feet 

glad 

away 

call 

does 

fell 

go 

baby 

came 

door 

felt 

goes 

back 

catch 

down 

find 

gold 

bad 

cent 

dress 

fire 

gone 

ball 

coat 

drink 

first 

good 

bed 

cold 

drop 

fish 

got 

best 

come 

duck 

five 

grass 

bill 

coming 

ear 

flag 

ground 

bird 

cook 

eat 

flower 

grow 

black 

corn 

egg 

foot 

had 

blue 

cry 

every 

for 

hand 


A12 



SECOND GRADE 


A13 


hard 

if 

made 

nine 

rain 

has 

jump 

make 

noon 

ran 

hat 

keep 

many 

nose 

read 

have 

kill 

milk 

not 

red 

head 

king 

mine 

now 

rest 

hear 

kitten 

moon 

nut 

ride 

help 

large 

more 

old 

right 

here 

last 

most 

once 

ring 

hide 

late 

mother 

one 

river 

hill 

lay 

mouse 

or 

road 

him 

leg 

mouth 

other 

rock 

his 

let 

much 

our 

room 

hold 

like 

mud 

out 

round 

home 

little 

must 

over 

run 

hope 

live 

name 

paper 

said 

hot 

long 

never 

pen 

same 

house 

look 

new 

pick 

saw 

how 

lot 

next 

play 

school 

hurt 

love 

nice 

poor 

seen 

ice 

low 

night 

put 

sent 



A14 BASAL WORD LIST 


set 

stand 

then 

try 

when 

seven 

stick 

there 

two 

white 

show 

stood 

these 

up 

who 

shut 

stop 

they 

us 

why 

sick 

store 

thing 

walk 

will 

sing 

string 

this 

want 

wind 

sister 

summer 

three 

was 

window 

sit 

sun 

time 

water 

winter 

six 

sweet 

to 

way 

wish 

sky 

table 

to-day 

well 

with 

sleep 

take 

told 

went 

year 

snow 

tell 

took 

were 

yes 

so 

ten 

top 

wet 

you 

some 

that 

tree 

what 

your 


song them 


THIRD GRADE 
Third Grade 


above 

basket 

body 

child 

desk 

across 

bean 

both 

children 

dinner 

act 

bear 

bottom 

church 

draw 

add 

because 

brave 

city 

dust 

after 

been 

brick 

class 

each 

afternoon 

before 

broke 

clean 

east 

again 

beg 

brought 

clear 

end 

age 

began 

buggy 

clock 

even 

air 

begin 

bump 

close 

ever 

alone 

behind 

bunch 

cloth 

fair 

along 

belong 

burn 

coal 

fight 

always 

below 

butter 

corner 

fill 

another 

beside 

camp 

cost 

fine 

anything 

better 

candy 

cover 

fix 

around 

birthday 

car 

cried 

food 

aunt 

bite 

card 

cross 

forget 

awake 

block 

care 

crow 

form 

band 

blot 

cattle 

dance 

free 

bank 

board 

cave 

date 

Friday 

barn 

boat 

chicken 

dead 

front 


A15 


A16 BASAL WORD LIST 


full 

high 

letter 

north 

rope 

garden 

himself 

lie 

off 

row 

glass 

horn 

line 

oil 

rug 

God 

horse 

lost 

only 

rush 

good-by 

hunt 

mail 

orange 

sack 

goose 

ill 

making 

page 

Saturday 

grade 

inside 

march 

pail 

sea 

grand 

into 

matter 

part 

seed 

grapes 

its 

meat 

pass 

sell 

gray 

just 

meet 

pay 

send 

great 

kind 

might 

peanut 

shall 

green 

knee 

mile 

pencil 

sharp 

half 

lady 

miss 

pink 

shed 

hang 

lake 

mix 

place 

sheep 

happy 

land 

Monday 

pond 

ship 

hate 

lead 

move 

post 

shoe 

having 

leave 

nail 

pump 

shop 

heel 

led 

near 

push 

short 

held 

left 

nearly 

race 

side 

herself 

less 

neck 

rich 

sink 


THIRD GRADE 


A17 


slip 

spoon 

swing 

train 

week 

small 

spot 

talk 

tramp 

west 

smile 

spring 

teach 

tried 

where 

smoke 

star 

teacher 

trip 

which 

snake 

start 

than 

true 

while 

soap 

stay 

thank 

Tuesday 

win 

soft 

still 

think 

under 

word 

something 

stockings 

those 

use 

world 

son 

stole 

Thursday 

very 

write 

soon 

stone 

tie 

wall 

writing 

sound 

story 

tip 

war 

wrote 

south 

stove 

to-night 

warm 

yard 

spell 

straw 

town 

wash 

yesterday 

spend 

Sunday 

toy 

Wednesday yet 


spent swim 


A18 


BASAL WORD LIST 


Diacritical Marks 

Under the direction of the teacher, pupils should study 
carefully the table below showing how the various sounds of 
the letters are indicated according to the diacritical markings 
in Webster’s “New International Dictionary.” The super¬ 
vised study of this table should begin in the Fourth Grade, 
and recurrent drill work should be given in succeeding grades 
until the pupils are able to use the dictionary speedily and 
effectively. Attention should be given not only to pronun¬ 
ciation, but also to definitions, synonyms, and parts of speech. 
Special attention should be given to those words whose pro¬ 
nunciation and meaning are determined by the location of 
the accent mark; as, for example, “express,” “convict,” etc. 
A number of such words appear in the list of basal words, 
and appropriate drill work should not be omitted. 


a 

in late 

g 

in after 

6 in order 

u 

in cube 


a 

in village 

f 

in fill 

6 in not 

u 

in unite 


a 

in parent 

g 

in go 

6 combine 

a 

in burn 


a 

in add 

h 

in hot 

6 in dog 

u 

in tub 


d 

in infant 

I 

in ice 

oi in toil 

u 

in circus 


a 

in far 

I 

in silk 

do in moon 

V 

in vote 


a 

in path 

3 

in joke 

do in wool 

w 

in weed 


a 

in sofa 

k 

in kick 

ou in out 

y 

in yet 


b 

in but 

1 

in lot 

p in put 

z 

in zone 


ch 

in much 

m 

in man 

r in rap 

zh ( = sound of z) 


d 

in do 

n 

in no 

s in this 


in azure 


da 

in verdure 

ng in song 

sh in ship 

’ indicates the 

elision 

< 

in he 

n 

in thank 

t in talk 


of a vowel, 

or a 

t 

in depend 


(like ngl 

th in then 


slight vocal 

mur- 

a 

in pet 

0 

in note 

th in this 


mur, as in 

evil 

e 

in recent 

6 

in obey 

tfi in picture 


(e'v’l) 



Vowels 

§, macron (long) 

4 modified macron 
(modified long) 
a circumflex 
fi breve (short) 


NAMES OF DIACRITICAL MARKS 


e tilde 
a Italian a 
a medial a 
5 medial o 


Consonants 

s (=z) marked 3 th (subvocal) marked th 

x ( =gz) marked ? g ( =j) marked g 

c ( =s) marked 5 n ( =ng) marked q 

ch ( =sh) marked $h 



FOURTH GRADE 


A19 


Fourth Grade 


absent 

bead 

break 

can’t 

comb 

(db's^nt) 

(bed) 

(brak) 

(kant) 

(kom) 

afraid 

beat 

breakfast 

carpet 

cool 

(d-frad') 

(bet) 

(brgk'fast) 

(kar'pgt) 

(kool) 

ahead 

become 

breath 

carry 

copy 

(d-hgd') 

(bg-khm') 

(brgth) 

(kgr'I) 

(kgp'i) 

alike 

beet 

bridge 

cast 

could 

(d-lIkO 

(bet) 

(brij) 

(kast) 

(kd&d) 

among 

begun 

bridle 

cellar 

count 

(a-mung') 

(bS-gun') 

(brl'd’l) 

(sgl'gr) 

(kount) 

ankle 

behave 

bright 

center 

crack 

(S-n'k’l) 

(bg-hav') 

(brit) 

(sgn'tgr) 

(krak) 

answer 

between 

broken 

chain 

cracker 

(an'ser) 

(bg-twen') 

(bro'k’n) 

(chan) 

(kr&k'gr) 

anyway 

bitter 

brown 

chase 

crop 

(gn'I-wa) 

(bit'er) 

(broun) 

(chas) 

(krop) 

anywhere 

blanket 

brush 

cheek 

crowd 

(gn'I-hwar) 

(blSii'kgt) 

(brush) 

(chek) 

(kroud) 

April 

bleed 

bucket 

cheer 

damp 

(a'prll) 

(bled) 

(biik'gt) 

(cher) 

(dSnip) 

apron 

blind 

build 

cheese 

dash 

(a'pran) 

(blind) 

(biid) 

(chez) 

(dash) 

arrow 

blood 

building 

chop 

December 

(ar'o) 

(blud) 

(bild'ing) 

(chgp) 

(dg-sgm'ber) 

asking 

blow 

built 

Christmas 

delay 

(ask'ing) 

(bio) 

(blit) 

(kris'mds) 

(dg-la') 

August 

boil 

bush 

cities 

died 

(o'g#st) 

(boil) 

(boosh) 

(sit'iz) 

(did) 

autumn 

bone 

bushel 

climb 

dirt 

(o'tttm) 

(bon) 

(boosh'£1) 

(kllm) 

(dftrt) 

awhile 

bonnet 

busy 

closed 

dishes 

(d-hwll') 

(bon'gt) 

(biz'I) 

(klozd) 

(dlsh'gz) 

banana 

borrow 

button 

cloudy 

doctor 

(ba-na'nd) 

(bgr'o) 

(but"n) 

(kloud'I) 

(dgk'ter) 

bare 

bother 

cabbage 

club 

dollar 

(bar) 

(bSth'er) 

(k&b'aj) 

(klub) 

(dSl'gr) 

bath 

(bath) 

bought 

(b6t) 

calf 

(kaf) 

coast 

(kost) 

done 

(dun) 

bay 

(ba) 

branch 

cannot 

coffee 

don’t 

(branch) 

(kgn'ngt) 

(kSf'I) 

(dont) 


A20 


dozen 

(d5z"n) 

dressed 

(dr8st) 

drive 

(drxv) 

early 

(dr'll) 

earth 

(ftrth) 

easy 

(ez'i) 

enough 

(6-niif') 

everybody 

(Sv'er-i-bSd'i) 

everything 

fiv'gr-I-thing') 

excuse 

(gks-kuzO 

farm 

(farm) 

farther 

(far'thgr) 

feather 

(fgth'er) 

February 

(ffib'roo-A-rl) 

fence 

(ffins) 

few 

(fu) 

fifty 

(fif'ti) 

figure 

(flg'ur) 

file 

(fii) 

finger 

(fin'ger) 

finish 

(fin'ish) 


BASAL WORD LIST 


floor 

(flor) 

grant 

(grant) 

flour 

(flour) 

greater 

(grat'er) 

follow 

(fSl'o) 

hair 

(har) 

football 

(fdbt'bsi') 

hammer 

(ham'er) 

forest 

(f6r'6st) 

handle 

(han'd’l) 

fork 

(fork) 

happen 

(hap'’n) 

fort 

(f5rt) 

heard 

(hftrd) 

forty 

(for'ti) 

heart 

(hart) 

fourth 

(forth) 

heat 

(het) 

freeze 

(frez) 

heavy 

(hgv'i) 

fresh 

(frgsh) 

hello 

(ha-ioO 

friend 

(frSnd) 

hour 

(our) 

fruit 

(froot) 

hundred 

(hhn'drgd) 

gain 

(gan) 

hungry 

(hun'grl) 

gallon 

(g&l'un) 

hurry 

(hur'I) 

gather 

(g&th'6r) 

inch 

(Inch) 

getting 

feeing) 

invite 

(In-v!tO 

glasses 

(glas'gz) 

iron 

(I'ttrn) 

glove 

(gluv) 

isn’t 

(iz'n’t) 

grab 

(grSb) 

itself 

(It-s61f0 

grain 

(gran) 

jail 

(jal) 


January 

(jan'u-a-rl) 

leaves 

(levz) 

jelly 

(jsn) 

lemon 

(lfim'nn) 

July 

(joo-liO 

lesson 

(16s'’n) 

June 

(joon) 

life 

(lif) 

kettle 

(k6t"l) 

light 

(lit) 

kiss 

(kls) 

list 

(list) 

kitchen 

(kich'Sn) 

loud 

(loud) 

knew 

(nu) 

lumber 

(lum'bSr) 

knife 

(nlf) 

lunch 

(lunch) 

knob 

(nob) 

manner 

(m&n'er) 

9 ? 

CX O 

5 o 
9 ? 

March 

(mSrch) 

know 

(no) 

mark 

(mark) 

laugh 

Oaf) 

match 

(m&ch) 

law 

06) 

May 

(ma) 

lawn 

(16n) 

meadow 

(mSd'o) 

lazy 

(la'zi) 

meal 

(mel) 

leader 

(led'er) 

mean 

(men) 

leaf 

(lef) 

merry 

(mSr'I) 

lean 

(len) 

middle 

(mid"l) 

learn 

(ldrn) 

mind 

(mind) 

leather 

(16th'§r) 

Miss 

(mis) 


money 

(mun'i) 

month 

(munth) 

morning 

(mbr'ning) 

mountain 

(moun'tin) 

Mr. 

(mis'ter) 

Mrs. 

(mis'is) 

mule 

(mul) 

myself 

(mi-sglf') 

naughty 

(no'ti) 

navy 

(na'vi) 

need 

(ned) 

negro 

(ne'gro) 

news 

(nuz) 

nickel 

(nik"l) 

noise 

(noiz) 

none 

(ntin) 

nor 

(nor) 

nothing 

(nuth'ing) 

November 

(n6-vgm'ber) 

number 

(ntim'ber) 

nurse 

(nClrs) 


FOURTH GRADE A21 


ocean 

(o'shdn) 

pillow 

(pil'd) 

o’clock 

(6-kl6k') 

plain 

(plan) 

October 

(ok-to'ber) 

plant 

(pl&nt) 

often 

(of'’n) 

please 

(plez) 

open 

(b'p’n) 

plow 

(plou) 

order 

(or'der) 

pocket 

(pgk'gt) 

outside 

(out'sid') 

porch 

(porch) 

own 

(on) 

post office 

(p5st of'is) 

paid 

(pad) 

potato 

(po-ta'to) 

paint 

(pant) 

pour 

(Pdr) 

pair 

(p&r) 

present 

(prgz'gnt) 

park 

(park) 

pretty 

(prit'i) 

parlor 

(par'ler) 

price 

(prls) 

party 

(par'ti) 

prison 

(priz'’n) 

past 

(past) 

pull 

(pool) 

path 

(path)' 

pumpkin 

(pump'kin) 

peach 

(pech) 

quarrel 

(kwor'gl) 

pennies 

(pgn'iz) 

quart 

(kw&rt) 

people 

(pe'p’l) 

quarter 

(kwor'ter) 

picture 

(pik'tur) 

queen 

(kwen) 

pie 

(pi) 

question 

(kwgs'chwn) 


quick seem 

(kwik) (sem) 

railroad September 

(ral'rod') (sgp-tgm'ber) 

rake shade 

(rak) (shad) 

rate shadow 

(rat) (sh&d'o) 

rather shake 

(rath'er) (shak) 

reach sheet 

(rech) (shet) 

ready shell 

(rgd'I) (shgl) 

remember shine 

(rg-mgm'ber) (shin) 

rent shirt 

(rgnt) (shftrt) 

ribbon shoot 

(rib'iin) (shoot) 

roll should 

(rol) (shood) 

roof sight 

(roof) (sit) 

rubber silk 

(rub'er) (silk) 

rule since 

(rool) (sins) 

running sir 

(run'ing) (shr) 

sail sixty 

(sal) (siks'ti) 

sale size 

(sal) (siz) 

saucer skate 

(sd'ser) (skat) 

scratch skin 

(skr&ch) (skin) 

second slice 

(sgk'tfnd) (slis) 


A22 


BASAL WORD LIST 


slide 

street 

Thanks¬ 

giving 

travel 

weigh 

(slid) 

(stret) 

(thSqks'giv'Ing) (travel) 

(wa) 

slipper 

strike 

their 

trunk 

wheat 

(sllp'er) 

(strlk) 

(thftr) 

(truqk) 

(hwet) 

soil 

strong 

thick 

turkey 

wheel 

(soil) 

(str5ng) 

(thlk) 

(thr'kl) 

(hwel) 

sold 

struck 

thin 

turn 

whip 

(s5ld) 

(struk) 

(thin) 

(thrn) 

(hwlp) 

somebody 

study 

thinking 

twelve 

whole 

(sum'b8d-I) 

(stud'i) 

(thlrjk'Ing) 

(tweiv) 

(hoi) 

sorry 

such 

third 

twenty 

whose 

(s5r'I) 

(such) 

(thhrd) 

(twen'tl) 

(hooz) 

soup 

suffer 

though 

twice 

wide 

(soop) 

(siifer) 

(th5) 

(twls) 

(wld) 

SOW 

sugar 

thousand 

unable 

windy 

(so) 

(shoog'er) 

(thou'zdnd) 

(iin-a'b’l) 

(win'd!) 

speak 

suit 

thread 

uncle 

wire 

(spek) 

(sut) 

(thred) 

(ur^'k’l) 

(wxr) 

spread 

supper 

(sup'er) 

through 

unless 

without 

(sprgd) 

(throo) 

(un-lgs') 

(wlth-out') 

square 

sure 

throw 

upon 

won 

(skw&r) 

(shoor) 

(thro) 

(tt-pon') 

(wun) 

stack 

sweep 

thunder 

used 

wonder 

(stS,k) 

(swep) 

(thun'der) 

(uzd) 

(wun'der) 

stairs 

tack 

tire 

velvet 

won’t 

(st4rz) 

(tak) 

(tlr) 

(vei'vgt) 

(w5nt) 

stamp 

tail 

together 

visit 

wood 

(stamp) 

(tal) 

(too-geth'er) 

(viz'It) 

(wood) 

state 

tax 

too 

wait 

work 

(stat) 

(taks) 

(too) 

(wat) 

(wftrk) 

steamer 

teaching 

tooth 

wake 

worth 

(stem'er) 

(tech'Ing) 

(tooth) 

(wak) 

(wflrth) 

steep 

team 

torn 

watch 

would 

(step) 

(tern) 

(torn) 

(woch) 

(wood) 

stiff 

tease 

touch 

wave 

wrong 

(stlf) 

(tez) 

(tuch) 

(wav) 

(r5ng) 

stir 

tenth 

towel 

wear 

young 

(stdr) 

(tfinth) 

(tou'gl) 

(w4r) 

(yung) 

storm 

thankful 

track 

weed 

yourself 

(storm) 

(th&rjk'fool) 

(trak) 

(wed) 

(yoor-sglf') 












































